Project Hail Mary: The Sci-Fi Thriller That Defies Expectations and Challenges Reality
Which is why he lucks the hell out. He finds that there’s another ship in that solar system – an alien ship – there for the same purpose he is. Grace eventually makes contact with the lone alien on that ship – a rocky crab-like creature Grace nicknames “Rocky.” And the two start working together to save their respective planets, while also building an amazing friendship in the process.
When Rocky learns that Grace isn’t going back to earth, he offers him half of his fuel. It looks like they’re both going to survive this. But then one final perilous, but critical, experiment puts them in grave danger and everything about the mission is thrown into doubt.