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The Convergence War #2
The Unknown
A starship lost. An enemy revealed. A galaxy on the precipice of extermination.
Soren hasn’t found his daughter, but the terrifying truth of her disappearance has come to light, and with it knowledge of a threat beyond imagination. With the Federation woefully unprepared and the Wraith and her crew grounded, nothing can slow the coming storm.
Like his father, Alex refuses to give up, and he’s not about to let anything stand in his way. He’ll do whatever it takes to see Soren and the Wraith back in the fight.
Otherwise, there won’t be anything left to fight for.
Soren hasn’t found his daughter, but the terrifying truth of her disappearance has come to light, and with it knowledge of a threat beyond imagination. With the Federation woefully unprepared and the Wraith and her crew grounded, nothing can slow the coming storm.
Like his father, Alex refuses to give up, and he’s not about to let anything stand in his way. He’ll do whatever it takes to see Soren and the Wraith back in the fight.
Otherwise, there won’t be anything left to fight for.
340 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 1, 2024
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M.R. Forbes
175 books1,009 followersM.R. Forbes is the author of a growing number of science-fiction series including Rebellion, War Eternal, Chaos of the Covenant, Stars End, and the Forgotten novels. Having spent his childhood trying to read every sci-fi novel he could find (and write his own too), play every sci-fi video game he could get his hands on, and see every sci-fi movie that made it into the theater, he has a true love of the genre across every medium. He works hard to bring that same energy to his own stories, with a continuing goal to entertain, delight, fascinate, and surprise.
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November 18, 2024
I read sci-fi for the big ideas and concepts and this series delivers on that front. Unique weapons, stealth technology, and a strange, multiverse apocalyptic event all presented in an entertaining way without the droll of detailed physics theories. I feel that the time spent keeping Alex relevant to the story could have been used to develop Dana's perspective and experience. She could be more than just a motivational tool for her father. I am enjoying this series, but at times, I find myself just skimming over paragraphs where there is very little meaning, plot value, or movement.
April 16, 2025
If I had to make a list of books I suspect were written by AI, this one would be near the top. The writing is sort of bland, and the author’s profile picture is a generic avatar—which doesn’t exactly scream “real person” to me.
I got pretty far into this book, and I might have finished the series if it were a trilogy. But no—it’s a 5 book series. Whew, no. That’s too much time to spend on something I’m just not that into.
The writing isn’t necessarily bad—it’s just sort of irritating. And, there are moments where it gets downright lazy. Like when the ships were described as “coiled rattlesnakes,” and literally one paragraph later, the pilots were “coiled rattlesnakes.” Are there no other metaphors available in the Convergence Universe?
Another thing that bugged me was the main character hero worship. Everyone he meets is instantly dazzled. The admiral is totally fine getting demoted just to serve under him. Really?
But the thing that bothered me the most: the suspicious number of 5-star reviews. So many of them are formatted the same way—review title in bold, no period, then glowing review. Also, many mention the author by name and come from ghost accounts with no profile pictures and no other activity—except miraculously reading and 5-starring 48 books in a single day.
Look, I get it. Being an author today is tough. Self-publishing has flooded the market, and everyone’s struggling to be heard. But manufacturing fake buzz with bot reviews is just sad. It doesn’t make me want to read your book—it makes me want to run.
And while I’m ranting: real readers rarely start reviews by name-dropping the author. That’s not how people talk about books they actually read. I usually forget the author’s name and even sometimes the book’s title if I’m reading on my Kindle. When review after review starts with “M.R. Forbes has done it again!” it just seems so fake.
So yeah, I’m done with this series. I’m going to go dig up some dusty, old, falling-apart paperbacks that I can be absolutely certain were written by a human with a pulse.
One last thought… maybe I’ll start checking reviews on vintage books and see if they suddenly have a hundred glowing five-star reviews from faceless accounts. I’m guessing they won’t.
Disclaimer: This review was written by a human (me), fueled by frustration, and fine-tuned with the help of AI—just to make sure my thoughts were expressed clearly and every comma was in the right place.
I got pretty far into this book, and I might have finished the series if it were a trilogy. But no—it’s a 5 book series. Whew, no. That’s too much time to spend on something I’m just not that into.
The writing isn’t necessarily bad—it’s just sort of irritating. And, there are moments where it gets downright lazy. Like when the ships were described as “coiled rattlesnakes,” and literally one paragraph later, the pilots were “coiled rattlesnakes.” Are there no other metaphors available in the Convergence Universe?
Another thing that bugged me was the main character hero worship. Everyone he meets is instantly dazzled. The admiral is totally fine getting demoted just to serve under him. Really?
But the thing that bothered me the most: the suspicious number of 5-star reviews. So many of them are formatted the same way—review title in bold, no period, then glowing review. Also, many mention the author by name and come from ghost accounts with no profile pictures and no other activity—except miraculously reading and 5-starring 48 books in a single day.
Look, I get it. Being an author today is tough. Self-publishing has flooded the market, and everyone’s struggling to be heard. But manufacturing fake buzz with bot reviews is just sad. It doesn’t make me want to read your book—it makes me want to run.
And while I’m ranting: real readers rarely start reviews by name-dropping the author. That’s not how people talk about books they actually read. I usually forget the author’s name and even sometimes the book’s title if I’m reading on my Kindle. When review after review starts with “M.R. Forbes has done it again!” it just seems so fake.
So yeah, I’m done with this series. I’m going to go dig up some dusty, old, falling-apart paperbacks that I can be absolutely certain were written by a human with a pulse.
One last thought… maybe I’ll start checking reviews on vintage books and see if they suddenly have a hundred glowing five-star reviews from faceless accounts. I’m guessing they won’t.
Disclaimer: This review was written by a human (me), fueled by frustration, and fine-tuned with the help of AI—just to make sure my thoughts were expressed clearly and every comma was in the right place.
January 27, 2025
Great 2nd Book
Nice follow-up to the original novel. Keeps the focus on the mission without melancholy. Excited to keep following The Wraith, both man and ship into the eye of the storm.
Nice follow-up to the original novel. Keeps the focus on the mission without melancholy. Excited to keep following The Wraith, both man and ship into the eye of the storm.
January 6, 2025
Very good story and character development. Needs an editor.
Great concept and interesting character development as well as growth. Forbes spins a good tale and has great ideas as well as interesting technology for his universe. I was really surprised by the incongruity in his details throughout the story. I read a lot of military Science fiction over the decades. The one thing that bothers me about Forbes books are its inconsistencies in ship classes. (In the first book, the first encountered Valkyrie is called a Corvet. A very small class of vessel smaller than a Destroyer.. Later in the book it's a Cruiser, a significantly larger vessel. The same with the Komodo being at first a Destroyer, then later in the book being classes as a Battle Cruiser! A Destroyer, DD, is smaller than a Cruiser, CA for heavy and CL for light. A Battle Cruiser, BC, is a CA with very heavy weapons, usually Battleship guns. Due to these inconsistencies I have trouble staying in the world of the storyteller. If M.R. Forbes gets an editor, he would absolutely be a five star review for me.
Great concept and interesting character development as well as growth. Forbes spins a good tale and has great ideas as well as interesting technology for his universe. I was really surprised by the incongruity in his details throughout the story. I read a lot of military Science fiction over the decades. The one thing that bothers me about Forbes books are its inconsistencies in ship classes. (In the first book, the first encountered Valkyrie is called a Corvet. A very small class of vessel smaller than a Destroyer.. Later in the book it's a Cruiser, a significantly larger vessel. The same with the Komodo being at first a Destroyer, then later in the book being classes as a Battle Cruiser! A Destroyer, DD, is smaller than a Cruiser, CA for heavy and CL for light. A Battle Cruiser, BC, is a CA with very heavy weapons, usually Battleship guns. Due to these inconsistencies I have trouble staying in the world of the storyteller. If M.R. Forbes gets an editor, he would absolutely be a five star review for me.
March 20, 2025
What’s interesting about these books storyline is that humanity isn’t fighting against insectoid aliens. They aren’t AI robots. No vampires or werewolves. They are other humans, albeit from a parallel universe. I’m not sure about the whole parallel universe theories, but pitting humans against humans in an inter-universe battle is disheartening to me—we humans, no matter what dimension we’re from, just can’t stop beating up on and abusing each other for dominance and control. Why can’t we ever find a better path?
October 15, 2024
I have read the majority of M.R.Forbes' books available on Amazon and so far he is in my opinion by far the best science fiction writer out of many. His stories are a good mix of well researched futuristic tech and the interesting and often moving thoughts and lives of his characters.
The Convergence War series are a prime example of what I mean. If 6 stars was possible, these books would get it. I am looking forward the 3rd book, available soon.
The Convergence War series are a prime example of what I mean. If 6 stars was possible, these books would get it. I am looking forward the 3rd book, available soon.
December 21, 2024
Exciting at times
The story moves from space battles, to research in a lab and back again. One minute it's moving along at break neck speed, the next pootling along on a Sunday drive
The 2 universes are merging and yet Soren is basing himself in the "bad" universe for no obvious reason
Flaws aside, it is entertaining, you want to know what happens next, how their plans will evolve, what issues will they come up against
The story moves from space battles, to research in a lab and back again. One minute it's moving along at break neck speed, the next pootling along on a Sunday drive
The 2 universes are merging and yet Soren is basing himself in the "bad" universe for no obvious reason
Flaws aside, it is entertaining, you want to know what happens next, how their plans will evolve, what issues will they come up against
April 29, 2025
Very good second book in this series. Captain Strickland and his crew face space battles, land battles, and Navy headquarters battles. They need to overcome all these challenges in order to learn why the Federation is being targeted and to save Captain Strickland's daughter, Dana. Their foe is very unexpected, but must still be defeated. This book leads us further into the adventure. Well worth the read. I look forward to the third book in the series.
November 14, 2024
Good read.
This book was the second in the series and it was as full of excitement if not more then the first one. It was an exciting book and was well written. The storyline was great and it blended in well with the first book. I would recommend this series to anyone into space syfi.
This book was the second in the series and it was as full of excitement if not more then the first one. It was an exciting book and was well written. The storyline was great and it blended in well with the first book. I would recommend this series to anyone into space syfi.
December 1, 2024
A reasonable carry on from the first book but !!!
A reasonable carry on from the first book but I felt it lost its way a bit . Were it tried to apply the science I did not think the author fully understood that once he went down that rabbit hole he needed to fully understand the science. Hopefully the Third book will be a lot less confusing and complicated.
A reasonable carry on from the first book but I felt it lost its way a bit . Were it tried to apply the science I did not think the author fully understood that once he went down that rabbit hole he needed to fully understand the science. Hopefully the Third book will be a lot less confusing and complicated.
November 5, 2024
The fight continues
Has Soren and the crew of the Warith is transferred to earth, the forces from the other galaxy is continuing to attack and kill. But with the help from the admiral in command he is asked to see what he can find out who the enemy is.
Has Soren and the crew of the Warith is transferred to earth, the forces from the other galaxy is continuing to attack and kill. But with the help from the admiral in command he is asked to see what he can find out who the enemy is.
December 11, 2024
Convergence
I love this series, it's idc, fighting your other selves, not aliens trying to wipe us out but ourselves,The question is can they stop convergence ? If they can't ,what happens and who is causing this or what? Now starting book 3
I love this series, it's idc, fighting your other selves, not aliens trying to wipe us out but ourselves,The question is can they stop convergence ? If they can't ,what happens and who is causing this or what? Now starting book 3
January 25, 2025
Decent story
This series has a decent storyline. However, the characters aren't very developed. The most annoying thing is the repetitive phrases, which litter all the books in the series, so much so I have given up.
This series has a decent storyline. However, the characters aren't very developed. The most annoying thing is the repetitive phrases, which litter all the books in the series, so much so I have given up.
March 11, 2025
Good second book in the series. Somehow a Quartermaster, that was performing navigation in the US Navy, is now a supply clerk in these books. I wonder how that happened. Maybe someone is confusing an Army Quartermaster with a Navy Quartermaster?? SMH
December 1, 2025
It was good.
It was part two of the “Convergence War” series.
I liked it, but it was a bit too simple.
Part three is needed to complete the story, but I’m not sure it hooked me enough to purchase it and end the story.
It was good…but really simple.
It was part two of the “Convergence War” series.
I liked it, but it was a bit too simple.
Part three is needed to complete the story, but I’m not sure it hooked me enough to purchase it and end the story.
It was good…but really simple.
October 5, 2024
A really good yarn
I’ve enjoyed the story so far. There are interesting characters and plenty of plot variations to keep the reader reading.
Well done.
I’ve enjoyed the story so far. There are interesting characters and plenty of plot variations to keep the reader reading.
Well done.
October 14, 2024
Excellent space opera worth the read
Lots of action. It kept my interest up for the entire book! Looking forward to the next installment!
Onward to the EYE!
Lots of action. It kept my interest up for the entire book! Looking forward to the next installment!
Onward to the EYE!
October 25, 2024
A Great book
It is full of nonstop action with a wide diversity of fields. It was hard to put it down. The twist and turns of the plot we’re enticing.
It is full of nonstop action with a wide diversity of fields. It was hard to put it down. The twist and turns of the plot we’re enticing.
November 1, 2024
infuriating beginning
The start was very infuriating, but after that it picked up. Very enjoyable read, can’t wait for the next book.
The start was very infuriating, but after that it picked up. Very enjoyable read, can’t wait for the next book.
November 7, 2024
Our unknown future.
I enjoyed reading this futuristic adventure that could be realistic someday. Time slips by so fast and technology advances along with it.
I enjoyed reading this futuristic adventure that could be realistic someday. Time slips by so fast and technology advances along with it.
December 13, 2024
It's dragging a bit now, the first was a novel concept but the 2nd hasn't built on that unfortunately.
December 16, 2024
Not as good as the first one. Lots of slow scenes and long descriptions that didn’t seem to add much to the story.
December 26, 2024
I forced myself to finish
This must have been written in a hurry by some pre-teens. I enjoyed the first book. It was simple yet entertaining. This one totally failed.
This must have been written in a hurry by some pre-teens. I enjoyed the first book. It was simple yet entertaining. This one totally failed.
January 5, 2025
ok but not stellar
Mr Forbes usually does a much better job of portraying action. He was pretty strong with the “left behind “ marines.
Mr Forbes usually does a much better job of portraying action. He was pretty strong with the “left behind “ marines.
January 11, 2025
The second installment in this series, this book carries the same action and adventure as the first book. Great read with a very good story. Can’t wait to see where book three goes.
January 17, 2025
amazing action
Wow the plot has thickened along with the action. Lots of questions still left to be answered and looking forward to the next book of this series
Wow the plot has thickened along with the action. Lots of questions still left to be answered and looking forward to the next book of this series
February 27, 2025
my type of book
Science fiction at its best. Looking forward to the next book in the series!
Going to go look for it now!
Science fiction at its best. Looking forward to the next book in the series!
Going to go look for it now!
March 6, 2025
4/5 Stars
March 24, 2025
Non-stop action.......!
The battle for survival continues. Carried away by the action and feeling the stress of the main characters, means continuing to the hang on to the end.
The battle for survival continues. Carried away by the action and feeling the stress of the main characters, means continuing to the hang on to the end.
March 31, 2025
Don't look down if you are on the edge of a cliff!
Knowing when to and when not to blink is a crucial strategy in any confrontation, but where ever is Galileo?
Knowing when to and when not to blink is a crucial strategy in any confrontation, but where ever is Galileo?
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