As a result of a tragic accident during the evacuation of a Martian expedition, astronaut Mark Watney—whom the other crew members believed to be dead—miraculously survives and is left on Mars. The next ship will arrive in four years, and all this time he has to endure the harsh conditions of the Red Planet. His food supply lasts only a few weeks. Mark uses ingenuity and logic, draws on his knowledge of biology, chemistry, and physics—only with one goal: to create the conditions for life, not to die, and to wait for rescue…