Description ★ #1 Bestseller in 30 Countries ★ Strongly Recommended by Barack Obama and George R. R. Martin A sweeping epic with the most dazzling ending in the history of science fiction. "Is there a more captivating space journey than this?" — The New York Times "A work that dares to stand alongside the greats." — The Boston Globe A "Hail Mary" is the desperate final pass thrown in American football when a team is running out of time and needs a miracle to win. In this novel, the spaceship Hail Mary is named for exactly that reason—it represents humanity's last chance to save Earth from destruction. A man wakes up in the middle of space after a long sleep, unable to even remember his own name. He is alone on the ship; his fellow crew members are all dead. As his memories slowly return, he realizes two things: he is humanity's last hope, and he is a scientist who will never make it back to Earth. To save a planet on the brink of annihilation—caused by a mysterious life-form called Astrophage that is cooling the sun—he embarked on a one-way mission into space. Then, an unidentified signal appears on the ship's instrument panel. Just when saving humanity already feels impossible, he encounters something entirely unexpected. Will he be able to complete his mission? Project Hail Mary is a proven page-turner, built on a foundation of scientific precision, where crises pile up and resolve without pause. From Euler's formula to aerodynamics to the Goldilocks zone, no detail is left unconsidered. But what truly drives the story forward is something else entirely: a protagonist who never loses his sense of humor even in the face of despair, and the author's signature optimism woven into every sentence. Andy Weir, who was hailed as a "genius" for working at a U.S. national laboratory starting at age fifteen, is a writer who fully leverages his greatest strength—scientific knowledge—within his fiction. He is already renowned among science-loving readers for pushing his stories forward without breaking a single law of physics. Once again, every detail, from Euler's formula to aerodynamics to the Goldilocks zone, operates with meticulous precision. But the power of this novel doesn't lie in accuracy alone. In a structure where crises constantly arise, get resolved, and expand into even bigger problems, readers find themselves turning pages faster and faster. Set against the vast backdrop of space, the tension never lets up. Even in the face of humanity's potential extinction, the protagonist never loses his wit, and the author's characteristic optimism runs through every line, keeping the story's warmth alive. Andy Weir has said the source of that warmth is his "belief in humanity"—the small, ordinary acts of goodwill that never make the news but happen every day. Project Hail Mary tells the story of people who choose to do what they can, wherever they are, instead of waiting for superhuman heroes: scientists collaborating across borders, and a teacher who makes a small decision with her students' future in mind. These small acts of kindness, gathered together, ultimately reveal the power that saves humanity. Now, the dazzling moment everyone has been waiting for can finally be experienced on the big screen.