Thanks to a freak accident during a Mars exploration mission, astronaut Mark Watney is left alone on the red planet, presumed dead by his crew and the rest of Earth until a satellite image catches a glimpse of him. What follows is a prolonged battle for survival on Watney's part, and a desperate race against time for NASA scientists who are determined to rescue him before he runs out of food and life-support systems. While the book starts out fairly hard-sciencey (holy cow, there are a lot of math problems involving potatoes and water and carbon dioxide), Weir tempers the occasionally mind-numbing equations with Watney's self-deprecating humor and running commentary on the entertainment choices of the rest of his crew. It's a gripping, fast read once you get used to the math stuff, and a great first book for Weir.
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