Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion.

本片是土耳其史上最贵的影片，制作成本达到1700万美元。
影片根据历史上穆罕默德二世在1453年攻陷拜占庭首都君士坦丁堡的战役改编，制作开始于2009年，前后历时有3年之久。
1453年， 拜占庭首都君士坦丁堡被土耳其侵略者包围。由于帝国的国库逐渐空虚此时的君士坦丁堡只是曾经荣耀的影子，相对而言土耳其帝国却逐渐强大起来。在忍受了拜占庭帝国这么多年后，野心勃勃的苏丹穆罕穆德二世（德夫瑞姆·埃文 Devrim Evin 饰）发起了终结拜占庭帝国的战役。率领骑兵和战舰攻陷拜占庭首都君士坦丁堡，从而结束了东罗马帝国一千多年的统治，以土耳其人的名义征服君士坦丁堡，将奥斯曼帝国建立成一个地跨欧亚的国家，东西方文明在此交汇。

With the scope of Dune, and the rousing action of Independence Day, this near-future trilogy is the first chance for English-speaking readers to experience this multiple award-winning phenomenon from China’s most beloved science fiction author.
In the second book in the series, Earth is reeling from the revelation of a coming alien invasion in just four centuries’ time. The aliens’ human collaborators may have been defeated, but the presence of the sophons, the subatomic particles that allow Trisolaris instant access to all human information, means that Earth’s defense plans are totally exposed to the enemy. Only the human mind remains a secret. This is the motivation for the Wallfacer Project, a daring plan that grants four men enormous resources to design secret strategies hidden through deceit and misdirection from Earth and Trisolaris alike. Three of the Wallfacers are influential statesmen and scientists, but the fourth is a total unknown. LuoJi, an unambitious Chinese astronomer and sociologist, is baffled by his new status. All he knows is that he’s the one Wallfacer that Trisolaris wants dead.