by Andy Weir
Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he’s got to do it all alone.Or does he?
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reviewed Project Hail Mary
The most fun I've had reading a science fiction novel in years. Weir somehow makes astrophysics and orbital mechanics feel as exciting as an action sequence. Ryland Grace is an immediately likeable protagonist and Rocky is one of the best alien characters ever written. The friendship between them is genuinely touching.
reviewed Project Hail Mary
Read this immediately after The Martian and liked it even more. The stakes are bigger, the science is wilder, and the central relationship has genuine emotional depth. Weir has figured out how to make you cry about orbital mechanics and I respect that enormously.
reviewed Project Hail Mary
A perfect book. I don't say that often. The mystery structure works beautifully, the science feels real without being alienating, and the emotional core sneaks up on you completely. The ending is earned in a way that big sci-fi novels rarely manage.
Cassandra Clare
