Project Hail Mary

Grace is on a desperate, last-chance mission to the Tau Ceti star system—the only nearby system unaffected by the microbes—to find a biological countermeasure.

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Project Hail Mary is a 2021 hard science fiction novel by Andy Weir, the author of The Martian Grace is on a desperate, last-chance mission to

At its core, Project Hail Mary is a celebration of human ingenuity, scientific cooperation, and the universal drive to survive. The Premise: An Interstellar Extinction Event The Premise: An Interstellar Extinction Event The story

The story follows (played by Ryan Gosling), a junior high school science teacher who wakes up on the starship Hail Mary with no memory and two dead crewmates. He soon realizes he is Earth's final hope against Astrophage , a microorganism that is "eating" the sun’s energy and threatening a global ice age.

Drew Goddard, who successfully adapted The Martian , is penning the script.

The book is filled with graphs, data tables, and logical deduction. If you love the scene in The Martian where Watney has to make water by burning hydrazine, Project Hail Mary offers that dopamine hit on every page.