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• a government drone, or an alien spaceship? by birdsong (birdsong18)

  Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir  

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  07 Jul 2026

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  • Ryland Grace & Rocky
  • Ryland Grace & Eva Stratt
  • Ryland Grace
  • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
  • Original Character (Grace's Friend)
  • Eva Stratt
  • Canon Divergence - Ryland Grace Returns to Earth Instead of Going to Erid
  • Hallucinations
  • mild insanity
  • Ryland Grace Needs a Hug
  • POV Ryland Grace
  • Ryland Grace is going through it tbh
  • Fluff and Angst
  • happy ending I promise
  • combo pack book and movie canon
  • Ryland Grace is very lonely for a while
  • he doesn't know what to do with himself
  • Malnutrition
  • Depression
  • figuring it out after a traumatic experience
  • I Love Eva Stratt
  • and she gets forgiven
  • but she also has to confront her demons in the form of Ryland Grace
  • Ryland Grace speaks Eridian by playing a keyboard
  • no beta we are like astrophage getting eaten by taumoeba
  • this is in first person im so sorry but its worth it the book is in first person plz plz

  Summary

  In an alternate universe, the taumoeba didn't become immune to xenonite. Ryland Grace returns to Earth, and Rocky to Erid. Grace finds it difficult to re-adjust to a life on a planet he doesn't recognize, filled with people who have already grieved his passing. And it doesn't help that his internal dialogue has manifested itself as his alien best friend, who he will never see again.

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