Cover of Project Hail Mary

Project Hail Mary

by Andy Weir

4.5
(151 ratings)
Hail Raisers #6496 pages2021Ballantine BooksISBN 9780593135204

About this book

The sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission to save both humanity and the earth, Ryland Grace is hurtled into the depths of space when he must conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. A lone astronaut. An impossible mission. An ally he never imagined. Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity and 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 th enearest human being light-years away, he's got to do it all alone. Or does he? An irresistible interstellar adventure as only Andy Weir could imagine it, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discvoery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian-while taking us to places it never dreamed of going. --

Publication Details

Publisher
Ballantine Books
Published
2021
Pages
496
ISBN
9780593135204
Language
en

About Andy Weir

Andy Weir built a career as a software engineer until the success of his first published novel, THE MARTIAN, allowed him to live out his dream of writing fulltime. He is a lifelong space nerd and a devoted hobbyist of subjects such as relativistic physics, orbital mechanics, and the history of manned spaceflight. He also mixes a mean cocktail. He lives in California.

Community Reviews

finalgirl★★★★★3/21/2026

Sometimes too scientific and long winded to read at night when tired, but absolutely loved everything else. Humor, compassion and empathy, 🎵🎶, no ridiculous unnecessary romance storyline. Picturing Ryan Gosling didn’t hurt, though.

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