The novel “The Martian” by Andy Weir was published for the first time in 2011.

When a storm hit the area around the MAV (Mars Ascending Vehicle) with winds exceeding its tolerance limits, the crew of the Ares 3 mission is forced to leave the planet Mars a few days after landing. During the evacuation, astronaut Mark Watney is hit by an antenna and the sensors of his space suit are put out of action. His colleagues believe him dead and it would be too dangerous to go physically check his body so they take off leaving him on the red planet.

In fact, Mark Watney only fainted but is still alive. When he wakes up, he discovers he was left alone on Mars without even a chance to warn his colleagues or NASA mission control center because the communication system was destroyed by the storm. How can he survive until the next Mars mission, scheduled in four years?