The Martian

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ΓÇó ΓÇ£Brilliant . . . a celebration of human ingenuity [and] the purest example of real-science sci-fi for many years . . . utterly compelling.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöThe Wall Street Journal The inspiration for the major motion picture Six days ago,astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. NowheΓÇÖs sure heΓÇÖll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him deadMark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that heΓÇÖs aliveΓÇöand even if he could get word outhis supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances arethoughhe wonΓÇÖt have time to starve to death. The damaged machineryunforgiving environmentor plain-old ΓÇ£human errorΓÇ¥ are much more likely to kill him first. But Mark isnΓÇÖt ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuityhis engineering skillsΓÇöand a relentlessdogged refusal to quitΓÇöhe steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him? NAMED ONE OF PASTEΓÇÖS BEST NOVELS OF THE DECADE ΓÇ£A hugely entertaining novel [that] reads like a rocket ship afire . . . Weir has fashioned in Mark Watney one of the most appealingfunnyand resourceful characters in recent fiction.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöChicago Tribune ΓÇ£As gripping as they come . . . YouΓÇÖll be rooting for Watney the whole waygroaning at every setback and laughing at his pitchblack humor. Utterly nail-biting and memorable.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöFinancial Times