Project Hail Mary

Twelve light-years away from home, Ryland Grace, a middle-school science teacher with a penchant for going against the grain, wakes up from an induced coma. His body is weak, his memory is foggy, and he is in for a rude awakening: the bright dot on the star chart is not our sun. All alone on an eerily silent interstellar ship, Grace must piece together his fragmented memories to explain how he ended up in space and became entangled in a desperate, one-way mission to save humankind. It is a long shot; however, with our stars and sun dying, attempting the impossible is better than surrendering to extinction. In the endless void, the concepts of duty, selflessness, and mortality take on an entirely different, more profound meaning. But can Ryland believe in himself and the ambitious Project Hail Mary?