AlchemyAlters



Recent bookmarks

  1. Public Bookmark 24

    Tags
    Summary

    You worked with Ryland Grace on the Project Hail Mary - you, having studied astrophysics, were trying to crack the code for superluminal speed (warp speed), and you needed Ryland's help with Astrophage. There was a growing relationship between the two of you, before Ryland was forcefully placed onto the Hail Mary, leaving behind more than just you and your potential relationship, but a daughter that had been a surprise. Could you figure out the superluminal speed drive to bring him home before any more time passed?

    This will progress from his time on the Hail Mary and his past memory recollections, to his time on Erid (briefly), until eventually we get to his time back on Earth.

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    50,378
    Chapters:
    14/?
    Comments:
    60
    Kudos:
    206
    Bookmarks:
    24
    Hits:
    4,188

    24 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Ryland Grace doesn't remember his past.
    Lyra Novak doesn't remember Ryland Grace.
    Both of those things are a problem. Because somehow, humanity surviving becomes the easier part.

    Or: two touch-starved scientists with memory loss accidentally speedrun emotional intimacy aboard a spaceship without even noticing.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    51,515
    Chapters:
    11/?
    Comments:
    138
    Kudos:
    1,049
    Bookmarks:
    213
    Hits:
    19,042

    06 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    Eva Stratt liked outliers. She always had.

    So it was a bit of a disappointment to find that face to face Dr Ryland Grace was actually very milquetoast.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    79,552
    Chapters:
    42/45
    Comments:
    757
    Kudos:
    1,446
    Bookmarks:
    214
    Hits:
    33,363

    05 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    It’s been nearly 27 years since Eva Stratt forced Ryland Grace to board the Hail Mary and sent him off to his death for the greater good of mankind. Meanwhile, Eva and the Project Hail Mary team have been fighting a losing battle against the cooling sun—and their own demons—trying to make sure there were still people to be saved by the time the crew could send a solution home. Right on schedule, the beetles are returning to Earth, hopefully with the answer to saving the world. But Eva has something else to worry about; there’s every possibility Ryland Grace’s last words would be coming home, and all the time in the world couldn’t make her ready to face the consequences of her actions, or what will happen when her colleagues find out what she did to their friend.
    It was time to find out if it was worth it for her to sacrifice Grace, and her soul, to save humanity. And to find out if she was ready to face him after all these years…

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    50,845
    Chapters:
    7/10
    Collections:
    8
    Comments:
    1,347
    Kudos:
    7,945
    Bookmarks:
    2,525
    Hits:
    96,365

    21 May 2026

  5. Public Bookmark *

    Tags
    Summary

    It had been a long and difficult 27 years since the Hail Mary had launched. Not as terrible as it could have been, but not easy. Humanity had survived and adapted, as it always did. There had been terrible wars. There had been incredible acts of kindness. There had been massive scientific breakthroughs. And now, there were two distant blips of Petrova-light, picked up by the Deep Space Network, hurtling home. Two probes, braking hard as they hurtled toward Earth holding the secrets to its salvation. They were late, or at least, not very early, but they were here.

    Grace may have made his peace with dying to save Rocky, but Rocky insists they return to Earth.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    52,544
    Chapters:
    45/?
    Collections:
    3
    Comments:
    1,862
    Kudos:
    5,705
    Bookmarks:
    1,350
    Hits:
    121,097

    19 May 2026