nNovela brillante, delirio ingenioso, con una mec nica del suspense que sorprender al lector una y otra vez. nUna experiencia literaria excepcional en gravedad cero. n La mejor novela de ciencia ficci n en a os. nWall Street Journal n nSeis d as atr s el astronauta Mark Watney se convirti en uno de los primeros hombres en caminar por la superficie de Marte. n nAhora est seguro de que ser el primer hombre en morir all . La tripulaci n de la nave en que viajaba se ve obligada a evacuar el planeta a causa de una tormenta de polvo, dejando atr s a Mark tras darlo por muerto. Pero l est vivo, y atrapado a millones de kil metros de cualquier ser humano, sin posibilidad de enviar se ales a la Tierra. nDe todos modos, si lograra establecer conexi n, morir a mucho antes de que el rescate llegara.

Sin embargo, Mark no se da por vencido; armado con su ingenio, sus habilidades y sus conocimientos sobre bot nica, se enfrentar a obst culos aparentemente insuperables. Por suerte, el sentido del humor resultar ser su mayor fuente de fuerza. n nObstinado en seguir con vida, incubar un plan absolutamente demencial para ponerse en contacto con la NASA. n nENGLISH DESCRIPTION n nA mission to Mars. A freak accident.

One man's struggle to survive. n nSix days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. n nNow, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. n nAfter a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate the planet while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded on Mars' surface, completely alone, with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive. And even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone years before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though, Mark won't have time to starve to death.

The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old human error are much more likely to kill him first. n nBut Mark's not ready to quit. Armed with nothing but his ingenuity, his engineering skills--and a gallows sense of humor that proves to be his greatest source of strength--he embarks on a dogged quest to stay alive. As he confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next, Mark begins to let himself believe he might make it off the planet alive.

But Mars has plenty of surprises in store for him yet.n