Ryland Grace is an anti-heroic hero. He is not a military pilot, a genius physicist (he is a biologist and former science teacher), or a fearless explorer. His defining trait is .

: The Hail Mary , a small spaceship in another solar system.

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.

You don’t need a PhD to enjoy it, though you might feel like you have one by the end.

Project Hail Mary: Why Andy Weir’s Latest Is a Modern Sci-Fi Triumph

In an era of dystopian fiction, Weir offers a refreshing "hope-punk" perspective—the idea that humans (and others) can solve big problems if they work together and stay focused.

Project: Hail Mary

Ryland Grace is an anti-heroic hero. He is not a military pilot, a genius physicist (he is a biologist and former science teacher), or a fearless explorer. His defining trait is .

: The Hail Mary , a small spaceship in another solar system. 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. Ryland Grace is an anti-heroic hero

You don’t need a PhD to enjoy it, though you might feel like you have one by the end. : The Hail Mary , a small spaceship in another solar system

Project Hail Mary: Why Andy Weir’s Latest Is a Modern Sci-Fi Triumph

In an era of dystopian fiction, Weir offers a refreshing "hope-punk" perspective—the idea that humans (and others) can solve big problems if they work together and stay focused.