The Martian
Andy Weir
Fiction W433m
A mission to Mars. A freak accident. One man's struggle to survive.
Six days ago, astronaut
Mark Watney became one of the first men to walk on the surface of Mars.
Now, he's sure he'll be the first man to die there.
It started
with the dust storm that holed his suit and nearly killed him, and that
forced his crew to leave him behind, sure he was already dead. Now he's
stranded millions of miles from the nearest human being, with no way to
even signal Earth that he's alive--and even if he could get word out,
his food would be gone years before a rescue mission could arrive.
Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged
machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old "human error" are much
more likely to get him first.
But Mark isn't ready to give up
yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills--and a relentless,
dogged refusal to quit--he steadfastly confronts one seemingly
insurmountable obstacle after the next. But will his resourcefulness be
enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?
(From publisher.)
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