Book Summary: Ryland Grace is the sole sur vivor on a desperate\, last-chance mission &mdash\; and if he fails\, huma nity and Earth itself will perish. Except that right now\, he doesn&rsquo\ ;t know that. He can&rsquo\;t even remember his own name\, let alone the n ature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he&rsq uo\;s been asleep for a very\, very long time. And he&rsquo\;s just been a wakened to find himself millions of miles from home\, with nothing but two corpses for company.
\nHis crewmates dead\, his memories fuzzily re turning\, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtl ing through space on this tiny ship\, it&rsquo\;s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery &mdash\; and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. And with the clock ticking down and the nearest hum an being light-years away\, he&rsquo\;s got to do it all alone. Or does he ?
\nThis program is part of our One Book\, One Village community rea d. Free copies are available to Mount Prospect residents at our September 1 book giveaway event at the Main Library. Following the event\, remaining copies will be available at the Main Library Fiction/AV/Teen and Patron S ervices desks while supplies last. South Branch will have a limited number of giveaway copies in English and Spanish. Multiple formats are also avai lable for checkout from the library catalog.
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