Book guide
Project Hail Mary
A lone astronaut wakes alone in deep space with no memory and must solve an extinction-level mystery before humanity dies.
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About Project Hail Mary
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? 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 it never dreamed of going.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Balanced
- Pacing
- Fast
Content warnings
- death
- memory loss/amnesia
- isolation
- global catastrophe threat
- death of crewmates
- suicide methods discussed
- non-consensual participation in mission
- accidental injuries
- strong language
- alcohol use
- sexual references
- medical nudity
