Hail Mary

A story you won’t forget that includes the best and the worst of humanity. The writing is great!

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The story involves a man who wakes up from a coma to find himself alone in a spaceship with amnesia. As he figures things out and remembers who he is, the story unfolds. He’s been sent on a very special mission to save Earth and everything on her.

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The tears ruin my vision. Lacking gravity, they coat my eyes. It’s like trying to see underwater. I wipe them off and fling them across the control room. They splatter onto the opposite wall. I don’t have time for this. I have an alien thingy to catch.

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I unhook the belt on the chair and float over to the airlock. My mind is awhirl with ideas and questions. And I’m jumping to wild, unfounded conclusions left and right.

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Maybe this intelligent alien species invented Astrophage. Maybe they genetically engineered it specifically to “grow” spaceship fuel. The ultimate in solar power. Maybe once I explain what’s happening to Earth, they’ll have a solution. Or maybe they’ll board my ship and lay eggs in my brain. You can never be sure.

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When he arrives to where he’s been sent, he realizes he’s not alone. Because the main character is a teacher and a problem-solver at his core, he seeks to understand above all else. At that point, the story takes a turn that makes it exceptional.

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The writing is excellent. There is no pause in the action, every situation is high-tension, and the plot moves us along at a clip. I couldn't put this down.

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Threeworld is the third planet in Rocky’s home system. At least, Threeworld is what I call it. The Eridians don’t have a name for it, even in their own language. Just a designation: “Planet Three.”

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They didn’t have ancient people looking up at astronomical bodies and naming them after gods. They only discovered other planets in their system a few hundred years ago. But I don’t want to say “Planet Three” all the time, so I’ve named it Threeworld.

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The hardest part about working with aliens and saving humanity from extinction is constantly having to come up with names for stuff.

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The themes of this book include logic over an emotional responses to things, hope, discovery, survival, and friendship.

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This story is currently being made into a movie starring Ryan Gosling. It’s expected to be released mid-2026. I’m really looking forward to seeing how they show the other main character in the story!

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