Project Hail Mary

Autor: Andy Weir

Hard science fiction novel about a lone astronaut who awakens with amnesia on a desperate, last-chance mission to save humanity from an extinction-level event. The story follows Ryland Grace, a middle school science teacher who discovers he is the sole survivor on a spacecraft millions of miles from Earth. His crewmates are dead, and he has no memory of his mission. As his memory gradually returns in a series of flashbacks, he pieces together the dire situation on Earth: a mysterious alien microorganism, the “Astrophage,” is consuming solar energy and causing the sun to dim, threatening all life.