THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE MARTIAN • Soon to be a major motion
picture starring Ryan Gosling directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller with a screenplay
by Drew Goddard A lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this “propulsive” (
Entertainment Weekly ) cinematic thriller full of suspense humor and fascinating science.
HUGO AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST BOOKS: Bill Gates GatesNotes New York Public
Library Parade Newsweek Polygon Shelf Awareness She Reads Kirkus Reviews Library Journal
• New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century “An epic story of
redemption discovery and cool speculative sci-fi.”— USA Today “If you loved The Martian
you’ll go crazy for Weir’s latest.”— The Washington Post 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.
