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PROJECT HAIL MARY
★★★★
By ANDY WEIR Penguin Random House
After the huge success of his first book, The Martian, about an astronaut stranded on Mars, Weir delivered Artemis, a heist set on the moon which was clunky and not particularly memorable. For his third book he’s back to survival in space and it’s a thrilling read.
Dr Ryland Grace, a school science teacher and microbiologist, wakes up with amnesia on a spaceship, the Hail Mary, next to
