![]() ![]() It's predicted that it will lead to a 10-15% decrease in the Sun's output. This has potentially apocalyptic implications since it means the Sun is effectively dying. These dots appear to feed on the Sun, and their trail forms an arc between the Sun and Venus (which scientists refer to as a "Petrova Line"). Scientist Irina Petrova had first observed an astronomical anomaly that later turned out to be a single-celled extraterrestrial life form. As Ryland investigates his surroundings and his memories slowly return, Ryland realizes he's in a spaceship named Hail Mary with his dead crewmates, sent to investigate something called the Petrova problem. He doesn't know where he is or why he's there. The book opens with Ryland Grace waking up next to two dead bodies. ![]() ![]() Ryland sends Earth what it needs to stop the Astrophages, and he also decides to gives up his chance to go home in order to save Rocky and his alien species. (As Ryland's memories return, he learns that he was sent here involuntarily and given a serum to wipe his memory.) But on the way home, they both run into trouble. Together, they find a solution, and Rocky has extra fuel so Ryland can go home. He comes across an alien ("Rocky") from a planet ("Erid") that is faced with same problem with their star. His mission is to find out how to stop the Astrophage and send the data back via unmanned probes. The one-paragraph version: Ryland Grace is the sole survivor of a suicide mission to stop an alien organism that feeds on stars ("Astrophage"), which is causing the apocalypic scenario of the sun dimming. ![]()
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