A girl who Ryland met at a simple gig turns out to have a major impact on his life. What will happen hand she finds out he is forcefully placed in space?

More than three years after Ryland Grace vanished aboard the Hail Mary. The mission that could save Earth became one of history's greatest mysteries-buried beneath layers of classified records known only to a handful of people. Among those obsessed with uncovering the truth is Dr. Nova Dreen, a brilliant astrophysicist whose research into Astrophage propulsion leads her to a startling discovery. The Hail Mary was never impossible to retrieve. By refining the Astrophage fuel cycle, Nova proves that a second interstellar vessel could make the journey to Tau Ceti-and return. Dismissed by the scientific establishment and told to abandon an idea that resurrects painful memories of Project Hail Mary, once it fall into the hands of Eva Stratt, the woman who orchestrated humanity's desperate gamble three years before. Faced with the possibility that they could save the crew, Stratt authorizes one final mission. The spacecraft Hail Joseph launches with a simple objective: find the Hail Mary, recover any surviving crew or scientific data, and bring humanity's heroes home.

After the Solivagant takes an unintended trip across space-time and dumps Captain Y/n L/n in a universe that's not her own, she's left with a barely working ship, dead crewmates, and a fraction of her resources. Drifting through the vastness of deep space and with death nipping at her heels, Y/n is certain that the Solivagant will soon be her tomb. But life isn't done with her, yet. Rescued from the geospace of Erid's orbit, Y/n finds herself in the bio-dome of fellow human Dr Ryland Grace. Someone she knew, but also a stranger, a cosmic clone from a mirror Earth. As Y/n's body slowly heals, so does her heart. Can she find a new crew on Erid? TLDR: Rocky adopts another weird dog

Naomi Park expected graduate school to ruin her life. She didn't expect the apocalypse to get there first. As the world begins unraveling under the mysterious Astrophage crisis, Naomi finds herself working alongside Professor Ryland Grace: brilliant microbiologist, disaster academic, and the only person who seems capable of joking through the end of the world.

You've been selected as a specialist researcher for Project Hail Mary, knowing not of Stratt's future plans for you. Just the start of a PHM fan fic!! Feel free to give me tips and stuff because I want this to be a decent fic :)

KAIROS (Greek): a time when conditions are right for the accomplishment of a crucial action; the opportune and decisive moment. ~ "I just wanted to do something truly great with my life. This seemed like a pretty extraordinary way to go." "You were already extraordinary." Dr. Ryland Grace x OC - mainly based on the movie with bits from the book (events and flashback order may not be exact)