{"product_id":"the-last-gifts-of-the-universe-by-riley-august","title":"The Last Gifts of the Universe by Riley August","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A quietly profound story about grief, purpose, and our place in the universe...Come for the cat, stay for the story.\"--Sunyi Dean, internationally bestselling author of The Book Eaters\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA dying universe. A search for answers. An adventure at the end of a trillion lifetimes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eScout 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNow Scout, their brother and their sometimes-fearless, space-faring cat, Pumpkin, must race to save what matters most.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"The Last Gifts of the Universe 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 The Teller of Small Fortunes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback; 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e\nScience Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"@honeyedwordspdx","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48852220248318,"sku":null,"price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3654\/9374\/files\/Screenshot2026-09-023.22.49PM.png?v=1788395235","url":"https:\/\/sonnyshouse.com\/products\/the-last-gifts-of-the-universe-by-riley-august","provider":"Sonny's House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}