Project Hail Mary

by Andy Weir

I clench my teeth. I clench my fists. I clench my butt. I clench every part of me that I know how to clench.

Deadline-induced quality issues: a problem all over the galaxy.

I leaned to Dimitri. “Are all Russians crazy?” “Yes,” he said with a smile. “It is the only way to be Russian and happy at the same time.”

But I have to save humanity first. Stupid humanity. Getting in the way of my hobbies.