He starts to regain movement, gets his wits about him and notices a couple of dead bodies in his vicinity. Ryland starts to recall his situation that slowly unravels in flashbacks interspersed throughout "Hail Mary. Ryland Grace wakes up with a nasty round of amnesia after coming out of an induced coma, not knowing where he is and wondering why a robotic arm is feeding and caring for him. An irresistible interstellar adventure as only Andy Weir could deliver, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian while taking us to places. Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. In an Andy Weir novel, space is both the coolest and most frightening landscape ever, and with “ Project Hail Mary,” the modern sci-fi master sends a lone astronaut on an intergalactic mission with existential stakes and a winning sense of humor.Ī cosmic cross between “Memento,” “Arrival” and “The Right Stuff,” the newest book (Ballantine, 482 pp., ★★★1/2 out of four) from “The Martian” author centers on the sole survivor of a spaceship sent to save humanity and puts him through his paces in a complex, science-filled story that’s also about empathy and friendship found in the most unlikely of places. rating 309,643 Ratings Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance missionand if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.
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