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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 millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.
And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he’s got to do it all alone.
Or does he?
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My Review: 5/5 Stars
So I watched the movie the other day…and loved it so much I had to pick up the book. And the book did not disappoint! First, the movie was a great adaptation, in my opinion. It kept to the book super well. And the book itself was great! Details you wanted to know or didn’t realize you may have missed were in here. It was overall a great story! So, the story begins with Grace waking up on a spaceship, having to memory of how he ended up there. Throughout the story, bit by bit, his memories are returning and with in the reason he is in space and the problem Earth is facing. And what should have been a three person mission, is just one when Grace realizes his crew members didn’t survive. Alone in space, having to solve a major Earth crisis…it’s a lot. But lucky for him he isn’t alone for too long. Because he isn’t the only one in the universe with an Astrophage problem. I really enjoyed the story all around. The science fiction portion was an interesting thing for Grace to solve, the alien, Rocky, he meets is great too. I loved their friendship. I loved their banter. Grace was also a super hilarious point of view character. Likable and relatable in so many ways. You were rooting for him the whole way through and you were definitely laughing along with him too. This was a fun and interesting story all around of two unlikely heroes and friends trying to do the impossible. And if you liked the movie, you will definitely like the book and vice versa!
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