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The Last Gifts of the Universe
The Last Gifts of the Universe: A Novel | Riley August
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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.
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A light pick. I loved the cat (Pumpkin - fitting for the season) but the book itself felt a bit too sentimental, and with too many storylines for such a short read. I would have preferred it if it was about the siblings and the bad guys only.
The writing was fine though and I enjoyed August's storytelling if they could tighten it up a bit so I will try their next that comes out next year.

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