kimlockhartga@beige.partyI finished reading the final installment of Cadwell Turnbull's fantasy Convergence Saga trilogy. It was very good, and I recommend it, particularly if you are tired of what I call "formulaic fantasy." This is different by a mile.
It's always an advantage when a trilogy is finally available in its entirety. This was not easy to keep up with, in long breaks between installments coming out.
The books explore themes that are closely tied to current events: marginalization, othering, the process of deciding who is a "monster," the evolution of power and its effects on others and those who wield it, the function of community, and also much wider questions about the cosmos, how we got here, our place, our purpose. Turnbull is a highly intelligent and imaginative author who crafts an entire allegory around these big questions.
Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror combine to create a memorable reading experience.
Book 1: No Gods, No Monsters*
Book 2: We Are the Crisis
Book 3: A Ruin, Great and Free
*a little confusing at first, to say the least, but much easier to follow as you go along.
@kimlockhartga
I held off reading the 2nd until the concluding book was published, then re-read the 1st before continuing. I did use the word confusing several times in my review. In case you are not aware of it, Cadwell has been writing another series in collaboration with 4 others under the pseudonym Darkly Lem: The Formation Saga, 2 books published so far, but I've only read the 1st, so I plan to re-read it when the 3rd comes out, but not sure when that will be.