Convergence

Pierre Jnr Trilogy #3

by David M. Henley

The epic conclusion to an explosive trilogy.

Benders. tappers. Robots. Clones.

As the Weave breaks down and Pierre Jnr's control over the population becomes complete, who - if anyone - will be able to stop him?

Star trek meets Akira in this futurist thriller about connectivity, control and artificial intelligence.


‘A fantastic look at the idea of human prejudice and fear ... another Peter F Hamilton or Daniel Suarez’ fantasybookreview.co.uk

'a far-sighted evolution of today's internet and social media...Henley's series is shaping up well and promises a suitably epic conclusion' George Williams, The Australian

416 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2015

About the author

David Henley worked in Australian trade publishing for many years; for the last 10 years he has been growing Xou Creative, a successful design and publishing studio. He has written and illustrated two novellas and one gift book, and is the art director of SEIZURE, a magazine for new writing.

Reviews

[Michael O'Donnell]

Third in a series of 3. Concepts were new to me. World built in blocks. Space was a missed factor. There but blocked. It was well written.

[Wayne]

I kept getting the visual image of a man juggling too many balls while reading this book.

There was the robots and the psionic factions and the weavers and the Service and the Shimas and Pierre and Geoff and Tamsin and Zach and...

it ended on a weird note, sort of a last minute climax and after reading 1200 plus pages in 3 days of this saga I still have no idea what was up with Pete Lazarus. Seriously ? WTF? Why was he the focus character if we have no real idea why he's doing anything he's doing? Even he doesn't know why he was doing stuff and in the end after he found his 'man' there was a weird jump cut to completely odd behavior.

I'm going to put this as a 3 out of 5, it had an audacious premise (even if it was reminiscent of X men and the Sentinels) but it failed with the climax as it came across as the author trying to deal with the Gordian knot of too many characters and plot arcs by the Alexander method and it was unfulfilling and depressing to boot.

[Lushr]

Second reading.
I really enjoy this series, all the variety of characters, places, and the politics and philosophy of the world….. the idea od The Weave, which is the Will of the people. But considering how it can be manipulated, how it can be affected, by war, by psychic manifestations, by science, by politicians, by rich entitled families. And then how they can influence and destroy each other. It sounds clinical they way i put it, but the characters, Tamsin, Pete, Zach, and Takeshi are really interesting, i enjoy getting to know them.
I must have been in a rush when i read parts 2 and 3 or this series. This week i jumped in to this book again unsure of what i was reading then the previous books all came flooding back, though i did not remember this third part at all. Now i see this as an epic earth bound sci-fi saga, well worth rereading..

[Duncan Swann]

After having watched Mad Max, I think this series is quite similar, at least in style. Fast-paced action, multiple perspectives to drive the plot, and a very, VERY solid world that underpins it all. Content wise it's a very suitable climax. You have to appreciate how David has put this story together, if nothing else. The threads tie together and the pacing is solid. I suppose I would give it four stars because it didn't blow me away like, say, Blindsight did, but it is far above a lot of other books out there. Do yourself a favour and pick up the trilogy if you want a satisfying story that plays with fascinating ideas, with plenty of action and suspense to keep you hooked.

[Ashley Mulcahy]

This was a really good conclusion to the series. There was a solid 80 page lull that I really had to battle through, however, it was just building multiple perspectives that developed into a sound conclusion to the trilogy. I love reading different ideas of the next step in human evolution and technology development, this dystopian world is as much a social commentary as it is a fictional setting.

[Bri Morrow]

an absolutely awesome, and super intense conclusion to a fantastic series!

[Min]

What a smashing finale to the trilogy! Please please make this into a movie!!!