The Last Gifts of the Universe, (Paperback)

<strong>AN AUDIBLE BEST OF THE YEAR PICK for 2024!<br>A Waterstones August Book of the Month Pick!</strong><br><br><strong>"A quietly profound story about grief, purpose, and our place in the universe...Come for the cat, stay for the story.<em>"</em>--Sunyi Dean, internationally bestselling author of <em>The Book Eaters</em><br><br><em>A dying universe. A search for answers. An adventure at the end of a trillion lifetimes.</em></strong><br><br>When the Home worlds finally achieved the technology to venture out into the stars, they found a graveyard of dead civilisations. What befell them is unknown. All Home knows is that they are the last ones left - and whatever came for the others will one day come for them.<br><br>Scout is an Archivist who scours the dead worlds of the cosmos for their last gifts: interesting technology, cultural rituals - anything left behind that might be useful to Home and their survival. During an excavation on a lifeless planet, Scout unearths something unbelievable: a surviving message from an alien who witnessed the world-ending entity thousands of years ago.<br><br>Now Scout, their brother and their sometimes-fearless, space-faring cat, Pumpkin, must race to save what matters most.<br><br><strong><em>"The Last Gifts of the Universe</em> is a meditation on grief and meaning disguised in the spacesuit of a thrilling, beam-me-up galactic treasure hunt. Riley August has written a quietly wonderful, hopeful novel that heals the parts of you that you didn't know were hurt." --Julie Leong, author of <em>The Teller of Small Fortunes</em></strong><br><br><strong>For readers who love: </strong><br><ul> <li><strong>Cozy sci-fi by T.J. Klune and Becky Chambers</strong></li> <li><strong>Hope-core space stories such as Andy Weir's <em>Project Hail Mary</em></strong></li> <li><strong>LGBTQ+ representation</strong></li> <li><strong>Healing stories about grief and second chances</strong></li> <li><strong>Cats in space</strong></li></ul><br>

• The Last Gifts of the Universe, (Paperback)
• Author: Riley August
• ISBN: 9781335002686
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-09-29
• Page Count: 288