Book rec: The Last Watch

[nwhiker]

Oh, this one is good.

The Last Watch by J.S. Dewes.

I'm not going to do much of a book review, because this blurb from the author's site pretty much sums it up:

The Divide.

It’s the edge of the universe.

Now it’s collapsing―and taking everyone and everything with it.

The only ones who can stop it are the Sentinels―the recruits, exiles, and court-martialed dregs of the military.

At the Divide, Adequin Rake commands the Argus. She has no resources, no comms ― nothing, except for the soldiers that no one wanted. Her ace in the hole could be Cavalon Mercer—genius, asshole, and exiled prince who nuked his grandfather's genetic facility for "reasons."

She knows they're humanity's last chance.

It is seriously good. I mean, I was constantly torn between wanting to read-read-read and wanting to not read to make it laaaaaast a bit longer.

The physics is fun, the human interactions are excellent and sensitive, and Rake is a captain for the ages.

I've read some good books/series recently: I love Seanan McGuire's InCryptid, Wayward Children, and Toby Day series, I thought Sarah Beth Durst's standalone _The Bone Maker_ was an excellent book, and I'm certainly enjoying Genevieve Cogmman's The Invisible Library books. But this was a step beyond, science fiction at its best.