Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.

Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there.

After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.

Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old "human error" are much more likely to kill him first.

But Mark isn't ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills—and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit—he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?

Sent as a wishlist tag, enjoy, it's a great book!

Received from t Richardson , thank you

Really enjoyable read , like the film , a lot of the scientific jargon lost me , but you love this man's battle to survive , and the great moments of sheer off beat humour

Going to Shahrun for her wishlist

This arrived through my letterbox today - what a surprise! Thank you very much. I look forward to reading it. I shall read and release it as soon as I can.