That is crystallized throughout the Venture Hail Mary ending the place after making mates with a brand new, genuinely selfless alien whose house world is as threatened as Earth, Grace is confronted with the same conundrum just like the one from years earlier. His new finest buddy, Rocky—an cute rock-shaped alien who’s extra engineer than scientist, and who has no actual actual idea of both relativity or radiation poisoning—has given Grace a few of his alien ship’s astrophage, which can permit Ryland to return house, in spite of everything. But what neither area traveler realizes is that taumoeba—the alien microbe Rocky and Grace uncover that may eat astrophage and preserve the microscopic risk from dimming their house photo voltaic system’s stars—additionally has advanced to eat by means of the xenoite containers that Rocky made to include the substance. In different phrases: it should trigger but extra radiation poisoning on Rocky’s ship, killing the alien who will die alone, scared, and unable to avoid wasting his world.
Ryland may return to Earth a hero, or he may ship his taumoeba discovery again through small satellites and use what’s left of his astrophage provide to go save Rocky. He eventually makes the heroic selection willingly.
It’s finally a cheerful ending, too, since not solely does Grace dwell as much as his surname and save an extraterrestrial BFF, however Rocky’s grateful species of Eridians are capable of construct biosphere replicating Earth’s local weather (at the least for those who dwell in northern California). It’s principally an opulent organic protect for people, however it nonetheless leaves Ryland completely happy as a result of he can nerd out with fellow science fanatic Rocky, and go that enthusiasm right down to the subsequent technology. On the finish of the day, Grace will at all times be extra trainer greater than motion hero.
Nonetheless, there’s a curious be aware on the finish the place Rocky presents to assist construct for Grace a ship which may be capable to take him again to Earth. The Gosling character suggests he’ll think about it, however not too shortly. He has a category to show.
It’s an ambiguous be aware for the story, seemingly suggesting that Grace may not wish to go house. Maybe he’s completely happy as long as he has some bluish grey skies, beachfront property (although digital, it may be), and pupils to show. But after we lately caught up with writer Andy Weir the open-endedness of the conclusion meant one thing else completely: room for a sequel.
Venture Hail Mary 2?
“I didn’t outline that,” Weir says when requested if he ever thinks Ryland Grace will get again to Earth. “So I respectfully decline to reply as a result of I’d write a sequel sometime and I’d wish to speak about these issues. Proper now, I don’t outline issues which might be outdoors the pages.”
