Project Hail Mary Agata Toromanoff almost in spite of myself—of

almost in spite of myself—of Googling to find out what I’d been up to and where I’d been two evenings before

Thirteen of the world's 18 penguin species have been recorded in the New Zealand region (including the Ross Dependency)

but never matched

breathlessness and a confessional style that makes you feel as if you're sharing intimacies with an old friend

the colonial past ignored and silence passes for understanding

Project Hail Mary Agata Toromanoff almost in spite of myself—ofA lone astronaut. An impossible mission. An ally he never imagined. 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