About the author
Andy Weir is an American science-fiction novelist known for turning technical problems into narrative momentum. His characters survive by measuring, testing, improvising, and keeping a sense of humor when the next calculation produces another emergency.
Weir builds the story as a chain of solvable problems: measure first, form a hypothesis, make a tool, and accept the next surprise when the result is wrong. Grace's encounter with an engineer from another world turns that method into a friendship neither could have planned.
Where to start
Start with Project Hail Mary. A lone astronaut wakes without his memory and must discover why his ship was sent to another star.