Ahhh THE LAST WATCH received its first trade review! 🎉 And they liked it! 🎉 Yay! 🎉
ICYDK: Trade reviews are given by industry publications which are primarily read by booksellers, librarians, publishers, and others in the industry to stay updated on news, trends, and upcoming books. It’s kind of the equivalent of a film critic review, sort of?
Publisher’s Weekly has been in print since 1872 😱 and I’m BEYOND thrilled and so grateful for this wonderful review, which will be available in the 11/13 issue!
THE LAST WATCH is out April 20th from Tor Books and is available now for preorder, to add on Goodreads, or to request on NetGalley & Edelweiss! ✨
✨ FULL REVIEW TEXT ✨
The Last Watch
J.S. Dewes. Tor, $18.99 trade paper (480p) ISBN 978-1-250-23634-0
“A group of likable rogues race to stop the universe collapsing in Dewes’s gripping space opera debut, whose premise will put readers in mind of A Song of Ice and Fire’s Night’s Watch. Ships stripped of their engines line the edge of the universe, staffed by the Sentinels, court-martialed Legion soldiers sent to guard the Divide in case the hostile alien Viators return. Cavalon Mercer, a rebellious royal heir, becomes the only civilian among them when he’s stripped of his titles and sent to the Argus to serve under stoic war hero Adequin Rake. Sharply pointed descriptions pepper Dewes’s prose as Cavalon faces the soldiers’ hostility over his family’s background in eugenics, and an investigation into a suspected sensor error reveals that the Divide is collapsing. Failing communication systems compel Rake to send a group to the nearest jump gate to warn the Legion and request evacuation transports, but the gate is mysteriously abandoned when they arrive. Meanwhile, those aboard the Argus experience some delightfully strange temporal anomalies as the Divide races inward. Dewes fluidly interweaves complex worldbuilding with a fast-moving plot and satisfying character development in Cavalon and Rake. This should win many fans. (Apr.)”
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