The Last Gifts of the Universe
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The Last Gifts of the Universe
The Last Gifts of the Universe
The Last Gifts of the Universe is a hopeful science fiction adventure that explores what it means to live in a finite universe—while occasionally having to clean cat vomit off your spaceship.
A dying universe. A search for answers. An adventure at the end of a trillion lifetimes.
When the home worlds finally achieved the technology to venture out into the stars, they found a graveyard of dead civilisations. What befell these worlds is unknown. All they know is that they are the last ones left—and whatever came for the others will one day come for them.
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.
Now Scout, their brother, and their sometimes-fearless, space-faring cat, Pumpkin, must race to save what matters most.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781529934892
Publisher: Cornerstone
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 05 September 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Del Rey
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 21.0mm
Width: 143.0mm
Height: 223.0mm
Weight: 320g
Pages: 208
About the Author
Riley August is a speculative fiction writer, animal lover, nature walker and all around nerd. When they aren't writing stories about lonely voyages through space, you can find them playing video games, the guitar or a myriad or TTRPGs. They live in Rhode Island with their cat and husband. The Last Gifts of the Universe is their debut novel.
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