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The Great Convergence: The Book of Deacon Paperback – July 31, 2012

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Book 2 of 6: The Book of Deacon

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The second in the Book of Deacon series, The Great Convergence continues the tale of young Myranda Celeste. With fresh knowledge of magic and steadfast resolve to see the end of the war that plagues her land, Myranda sets out to find and unite the five fated heroes, the Chosen. Each new warrior brings her world a step closer to peace, but does she have the strength to survive the trials ahead?

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July 31, 2012
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6 x 0.71 x 9 inches
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1477684425
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978-1477684429
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (July 31, 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 314 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1477684425
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1477684429
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.9 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.71 x 9 inches

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A native of Bayonne, NJ - the fabled birthplace of George R. R. Martin - Joseph Lallo is an unlikely entry into the world of literature. After a childhood spent daydreaming and reading, he fully intended to pursue a career in the tech sector. He received a Master's Degree in Computer Engineering from NJIT, and subsequently got a job working IT for a large healthcare corporation. Things changed when, in January 2010, his friends finally convinced him to publish the story that had accumulated over the course of a decade of spare time. That story, now known as the Book of Deacon Trilogy, was a surprise hit, and once he got a taste of the world of indie writing, he was hooked. Now he is a full-time author, and co-host of the Six Figure Authors Podcast.

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walnut

Excellent character development.

Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2018

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Wonderful characters. Easy to invest in them. Loss of the dragon seemed pointless. It was one of the better characters, and deserved more depth. Plot was good, but interrupted too much with filler in the form of many pages of blow by blow, violent battle descriptions that didn’t enhance the plot development. Ultimately the main heroes and villains took on god-like powers that are associated with Marvel and DC Comic stories, and the main story faded. The super powered protagonists became less interesting and more difficult to believe in. Gifted writers like Lallo, including Leigh Bardugo and Laini Taylor have fallen victim to this same format. I wonder if this is something the publisher requires. When characters become become super powered gods, that’s the end of credibility. Fantasy requires a thread of credibility from beginning to end. I suppose the excess of violence in all of these authors is an appeal to the young male demographic. And when the filler is romantic obsessions it’s for the young female demographic. I’m seventy now, and have read fantasy for fifty years, and love it. I’m excited when I read such promising authors like those above who get so many parts of their stories spot on. A good fantasy appeals to all ages and should not be formatted. That thread of credibility gives the reader the ability to envision themselves as a bystander in the story.

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D. C. McMurtry

Painful Plot Twisting

Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2015

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This second book felt like a lot of hype and expectation with very little delivery. As a second book of a trilogy, that's not terribly surprising. However, the first book felt as though it developed along a fairly well-thought out trajectory. This book seemed to add in ten or twenty possibly competing possible trajectories and an enormous number of deux ex machina moments where the the heroes seem to succeed or fail simply because the author decided they should succeed or fail in that moment to continue the book. They do learn bits and pieces during each of the battle scenes, so there is a growth and development of the plot in general, but these incremental bits don't 1) develop the depth of the characters much if at all 2) develop the depth of the world much or 3) give you any hope that the end of the plot will ever arrive until the author decides that he's tired of writing books about this war. As a result, it was hard to get motivated to care whether any of the heroes survived any of the many battle scenes that seem to come out of nowhere. And rather than add to the suspense or pacing, it felt as though it slowed everything down because they tended to be one more thing that interfered with learning about the history of the world/central tension and figuring out if/how the main characters would succeed or fail. What is more, a lot of the plot twists (battles) seemed to be efforts by the author to throw in every possible form of magic ever dreamed up (which may or may not ever be explained or ever need to be explained since the otherworld magic that enters this book/world is part of the central mystery of the plot). There were some interesting moments and some satisfying/thought-provoking revelations in this book, but overall I wanted to finish it so I could get to the end and enjoyed less and less of it as I read.

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In memory of potatoes?

Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2020

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Spoiler warning *****
The book was good. Don't get me wrong, but I have questions and I'm disappointed. Is Myn dead? Did the cute baby dragon we've come to know and love die? Just like that gone. And never mentioned again? ****

Ok on to the review. Myranda was hard to handle for most of the book. She had just enough magical training to make me feel like she should be harass and not enough to actually do anything useful. Did she forget how to meditate or conjure a pure flame?

Some of the battle seems were unending but that is just my personal dislike of battle scenes. 🤷

All in all a decent second part to this series. I'm still in for the next book.

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Doomfood

Started strong... had a lot of potential wasted

Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2014

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I read The Rise of the Red Shadow before any of these "book of deacon" stories. It was worth at least 3 stars, and the story rarely went off track. I likened TROTRS to watching an anime, and managed to enjoy it. I can't say the same here.
This book turned into a total mess about halfway through. Ridiculously long stretches of annoying character banter that added nothing to the story killed it for me. The continual "traveling from point a to point b" sections got so boring i had to skip page after page to find some semblance of story progression.
The battle scenes in this book (I wish i could offer chapters, but there are not at all) were confusing, and pointless. The heroes are walking towards some nebulously determined destination "across fields" and encounter yet another impossibly over powered enemy, with a cadre of pointless monsters at their command. They fight the bad guy, barely make it out, and then continue their journey. Repeat at least 3 times with barely any sort of outcome besides Ether and Ivy making "i bet i can say something to annoy you" exchanges.
The addition of the elemental had my hopes up, but her constant, continual and completely over wrought condescension of everything around her quickly lost my interest. A character in a story of this magnitude ( such as Myranda or Lain) experience at least a little personal growth and maturity. "Ether" is laughably one dimensional. The high point of this area of the book is when Desmeres returns to add a little witty banter and intrigue that was sorely lacking.
This story needed a major editorial hand to cut all the garbage out of it, and trim all the useless dialogue, and keep the narrative flowing. All of the # signs between sections just add to the confusion.
All that said the overall concept for the plot was interesting. I want this author to be successful. Like i said Rise was a good story, and its obvious he's learned some narrative voice and the ability to keep it moving at a decent pace since writing this book.

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Personalised Pets

A little disappointing.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 31, 2017

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The main issue I have with this book is that despite Miranda's accelerating excellence in magic she showed in the first... she is, ultimately, awful at magic. I mean I spent most of the book wondering what the point in her being there was, and by the end of it was still utterly confused and left in just as much wonder. All of the skills and spells she learned in Entwell seem to leave her when she leaves the place and it's infuriating to read. Lain is what kept me reading ... solely. It is still written well and still enjoyable, however they consistently leave every battle at deaths door, Miranda is consistently useless and the enemy is consistently stronger, even when only faced with one. I feel that maybe this book should have been left out. I know that sounds harsh, but for me, it only contributed frustration and I'm not a happy reader when I'm frustrated with the story.

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Better than the first and picking up pace

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 1, 2013

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In essence, if you liked the first book of the series - The Book of Deacon - you will like this even more; if you thought the first had potential, this does a better job of developing both the potential and the pace further.

It continues in Myranda's quest to unite the Chosen and thereby end the war between the Northern Alliance and Tressor that has been going on for over a century. And as compared to the first book, the action picks up a fair bit, meaning that the group of heroes is almost constantly engaged in one scrap or another. The author's approach of switching randomly between the individual fights each of the heroes has in the larger battle will work better for some than for others and like in the first book an introduction of some sort of chapters (rather than the occassional # sing between major events in the book) would be nice here, too.

As some reviewers have commented, Myranda displays a frustratingly slow pace as a learner, completely unlike her spell in Entwell in the first book, where she progressed at a speed of the most gifted of prodigies. While this may be in line with a realistic character the author would have done himself a favour in turning down the wick in the first book, so as not to create unrealistic expectations. That a lesson has been learned here is obvious in his treatment of the subject in the The Rise of the Red Shadow (The Book of Deacon) prequel.

Just like the whole series the author endeavored to keep the series relatively youth friendly - neither the language used, nor the depiction of violence will be such that a young teen should have difficulties with it; the author also does not resort to the George R.R. Martin ( A Song of Ice and Fire, 7 Volumes ) habit of regularly killing off large parts of the cast. This may mean that the book lacks some of the gritty realism of Joe Abercrombie ( The First Law Trilogy Boxed Set: The Blade Itself, Before They Are Hanged, Last Argument of Kings ), or the complexity of something like Tom Lloyd ( The Dusk Watchman: Book Five of The Twilight Reign ), at the same time it is a much easier and relaxing read as a result (and thereby more holiday friendly).

While perhaps not quite up there with the best fantasy writing out there, the author demonstrates the right kind of positive development between books and has produced an engaging and increasingly fast paced series here. I would imagine if you liked the first one that the price of entry for the second volume is definitely worthwhile.

Mr. N. Malik

Great two books so far!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 7, 2017

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Amazon suggested this book to me as a free download and i though i would give it a go. I have now bought the other two and read all three with real trouble putting it down in between. Wonderfully thought out story of magic, mystery, adventure that is up there with the best in my opinion. I can see this as a series as films very easy. Compelling characters you become involved with and care what happens to them and what happens next in a fast paced moving story line. Magical for children and adults alike. I will definitely be reading more from Joseph.

Katy

Enthralling storytelling loved it

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 3, 2019

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Loved the twists and turns this small band of creatures delivered and to get our heroine back from the so called dead at the point where she was desperately needed (with I hope her soul mate) Deacon..
Can't wait for the next episode to know how much closer to the finale with this band of heroes and heroines...

Hannah

A Sequel to rival the best

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 20, 2014

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I bought the first book because it was free, and had been mentioned in a fantasy group that I'm a part of from facebook. I was not disappointed: the first book took my breath away and before I knew it I was devouring this one as well. A strong sequel to a phenomenal beginning, the novel introduces new secrets whilst solving old ones, and builds on the wonders of the first one with majestic brilliance. Lallo shows a control of his craft that is admirable. I will say nothing about the story, partly not to ruin it and partly because I read them all so quickly it's hard to separate them from each other, but I will say that it holds its own, not just because the first book was so good but because this one came out even better!

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