The Last Gifts of the Universe, Riley August
The Last Gifts of the Universe, Riley August
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The Last Gifts of the Universe
A Novel

Author: Riley August

Narrator: Robyn Holdaway, Ayesha Antoine, Chris Thompson

Unabridged: 5 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2024

Synopsis

AN AUDIBLE BEST OF THE YEAR PICK for 2024!

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 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.

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.

About Riley August

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 of TTRPGs. They live in woodsy New England with their cat and husband. The Last Gifts of the Universe is their debut novel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by L.L. on August 27, 2022

Holy shit. When I saw this book was released earlier this year, I was happy for another indie author to be published. Shared links where I could. But otherwise, I paid it very little attention. After all, it was sci-fi. And I like fantasy. Give me dragons please and thank you. That’s my jam. But after t......more

Goodreads review by Jade on July 06, 2024

8.71 on CAWPILE......more

Goodreads review by Lezlie The Nerdy Narrative on June 07, 2023

"Even at its core, even without common experience, there is something universal about loss. I can feel it, deep as heartache. Something stirs at loss. Something awakens to it, like a knowing, like an understanding, that this is how everything ends." I did NOT want to put this book down once I started......more

Goodreads review by Sunyi on March 13, 2022

An elegant and melancholy musing on death, loss, and how to persevere even when life seems futile and bleak, wrapped up in a far-reaching story about humanity facing possible extinction from an unknown threat. Also, there is a space cat. Without too many spoilers, Scout and Kieran (who are basically......more

Goodreads review by Isabelle on July 31, 2022

The Last Gifts of the Universe // by Rory August Update: I reread this less than 4 months later already! It still is one of my favorite reads of 2022 so far. I decided to finish out the Indie Accords and Ready Player Read Bingo with this one. After a super busy reading month, it was a comfort to come......more

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