![]() The story starts fairly interesting and then descends into something boring at best and annoying at worst. ![]() The narrator is good good good and the story is bad bad bad. This will be going in my top ten favourites and I cannot recommend it highly enough, well done Andy! The special audio effects (no spoilers) add a depth that I have not heard before and do nothing but enhance the experience, once you get used to them. In conclusion this was an excellent story, well researched with good character development. Dennis E Taylor’s writing style is very similar to Andy’s with hard science interspersed with humour and an engaging story. The reader, Ray Porter, read another series of books called the Bobiverse series and I have to admit this was very similar but in a good way. Whilst it can be a little convenient with his memory returning in chronological order there is an explanation for this and I was willing to accept it. The Martian interspaced this with what was going on in the Hermes and Earth, this time it’s Graces memory returning. You solve one problem and move to the next, if you solve enough problems you get to go home. Project Hail Mary: Ctrl c, ctrl v! It’s not a copy but it does follow a similar path. The story was science faction at its best with twists and turns to keep you on your toes. You couldn’t help but be swept away and engaged with it. PLEASE NOTE: To accommodate this audio edition, some changes to the original text have been made with the approval of author Andy Weir.Įvery review of this book will have a mention of The Martian in it so let’s get the name out of the way now! The Martian was my first audio book and it was incredibly performed with an amazing, involving story. Part scientific mystery, part dazzling interstellar journey, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian - while taking us to places it never dreamed of going. Alone on this tiny ship that's been cobbled together by every government and space agency on the planet and hurled into the depths of space, it's up to him to conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.Īnd thanks to an unexpected ally, he just might have a chance. His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, he realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. ![]() And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.Īll he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish.Įxcept that right now, he doesn't know that. Number-One Audible and New York Times Audio Best SellerĪ lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this incredible new science-based thriller from the number-one New York Times best-selling author of The Martian. Winner of the 2022 Audie Awards' Audiobook of the Year ![]()
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