{"product_id":"9781335002686","title":"The Last Gifts of the Universe","description":"\u0026lt;strong\u0026gt;AN OCTOBER 2026 BARNES \u0026amp; NOBLE SPECULATIVE FICTION PICK!\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;An Audible Best of the Year Pick for 2024!\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;A Waterstones August Book of the Month Pick!\u0026lt;\/strong\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;strong\u0026gt;\"A quietly profound story about grief, purpose, and our place in the universe...Come for the cat, stay for the story.\u0026lt;em\u0026gt;\"\u0026lt;\/em\u0026gt;—Sunyi Dean, internationally bestselling author of \u0026lt;em\u0026gt;The Book Eaters\u0026lt;\/em\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;em\u0026gt;A dying universe. A search for answers. An adventure at the end of a trillion lifetimes.\u0026lt;\/em\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/strong\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;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.\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;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.\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;Now Scout, their brother and their sometimes-fearless, space-faring cat, Pumpkin, must race to save what matters most.\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;strong\u0026gt;\u0026lt;em\u0026gt;\"The Last Gifts of the Universe\u0026lt;\/em\u0026gt; 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 \u0026lt;em\u0026gt;The Teller of Small Fortunes\u0026lt;\/em\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/strong\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;strong\u0026gt;For readers who love:\u0026lt;\/strong\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;ul\u0026gt; \u0026lt;li\u0026gt;\u0026lt;strong\u0026gt;Cozy sci-fi by T.J. Klune and Becky Chambers\u0026lt;\/strong\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/li\u0026gt; \u0026lt;li\u0026gt;\u0026lt;strong\u0026gt;Hope-core space stories such as Andy Weir's \u0026lt;em\u0026gt;Project Hail Mary\u0026lt;\/em\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/strong\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/li\u0026gt; \u0026lt;li\u0026gt;\u0026lt;strong\u0026gt;LGBTQ+ representation\u0026lt;\/strong\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/li\u0026gt; \u0026lt;li\u0026gt;\u0026lt;strong\u0026gt;Healing stories about grief and second chances\u0026lt;\/strong\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/li\u0026gt; \u0026lt;li\u0026gt;\u0026lt;strong\u0026gt;Cats in space\u0026lt;\/strong\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/li\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/ul\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;","brand":"August, Riley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback B102","offer_id":50649242927360,"sku":"9781335002686","price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/8272\/2048\/files\/BNCImageAPI_ed911af9-4daf-407a-bae3-55873706acfd.jpg?v=1792185371","url":"https:\/\/thebookloftstjacobs.com\/products\/9781335002686","provider":"The Book Loft St. Jacobs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}