Project Hail Mary: A Novel

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Now a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, with a screenplay by Drew GoddardA lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this propulsive (Entertainment Weekly), cinematic thriller full of suspense, humor, and fascinating sciencefrom the author of The Martian.HUGO AWARD FINALIST NEW YORK TIMES READER PICK: 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY ONE OF THE YEARS BEST BOOKS: Parade, Newsweek, New York Public Library, Polygon, Shelf Awareness, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews, Library JournalRyland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, lastchance missionand if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.Except that right now, he doesnt know that. He cant even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.All he knows is that hes been asleep for a very, very long time. And hes 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, its up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mysteryand conquer an extinctionlevel threat to our species.And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being lightyears away, hes got to do it all alone.Or does he?Hailed by USA Today as an epic story of redemption, discovery, and cool speculative scifi, Project Hail Mary is an irresistible interstellar adventure as only Andy Weir could deliver.