This is neither a cop book nor a spy book. It is a book about the last living human in all of space. Ruslan, a human, is the last human. He was picked up by a race of aliens known as the Myssari and lives happily among them. He's known to the Myssari as a relic - because that's what he is - a relic - one of a kind - the last human.
The Myssari are determined not to let homo sapiens go extinct and with or without Ruslan's cooperation, they are going to resurrect the human race. Somehow, Ruslan agrees to cooperate in exchange for the Myssari's help in locating Earth. Though Ruslan wasn't born there, has never been there, and no one and no reference can point to where Earth is, he wants to see the human homeland. Thus begins the fantastical story of how a human, aided by aliens, begin the search for Earth, and their quest to resurrect the human race.
I don't want to give too much away here so I won't. However, as I was reading this book, there were so many parallels to the now-defunct TV show "Last Man on Earth." Can you imagine being the last human, the only human, the sole survivor? It boggles my mind, but I guess it shouldn't. So many things - plants and animals - have gone extinct already, why can't humans too? And, it seems fantastical to imagine alien life out there - but hey - we humans exist, so why can't life on other planets exist too? These are questions for another day.
This book was extremely entertaining and easy to read (hey - I finished it 4 days). If you liked The Martian, or the TV show "Last Man on Earth", you'll probably like this book.
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