Apollo 13 meets Castaway in this grippingly detailed, brilliantly ingenious man-vs-nature survival thriller-set on the surface of Mars. Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first men to walk on thesurface 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-andthat forced his crew to leave him behind, sure he was already dead. Now he’sstranded millions of miles from the nearest human being, with no way to evensignal Earth that he’s alive-and even if he could get word out, his food wouldbe gone years before a rescue mission could arrive. Chances are, though, hewon’t have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgivingenvironment, or plain-old...
Apollo 13 meets Castaway in this grippingly detailed, brilliantly ingenious man-vs-nature survival thriller-set on the surface of Mars. Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first men to walk on thesurface 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-andthat forced his crew to leave him behind, sure he was already dead. Now he’sstranded millions of miles from the nearest human being, with no way to evensignal Earth that he’s alive-and even if he could get word out, his food wouldbe gone years before a rescue mission could arrive. Chances are, though, hewon’t have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgivingenvironment, 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 engineeringskills-and a relentless, dogged
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