RELEASING JULY 30, 2026AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER!
THE CONVERGENCE BOUNDRYA SAFE DISTANCE NO LONGER EXISTSThe Kethari War: Book 2
The war should have ended.
The enemy retreated. The survivors endured. Humanity lived.
But survival changed something.
A damaged alien shuttle drifts in silence carrying an impossible passenger. A captain who no longer trusts certainty. A scientist who no longer understands what he created. A soldier who may still exist inside something that should never have been alive.
The Kethari built their civilization on Convergence.
Perfect coordination through perfect connection.
Now that connection is fracturing.
A new presence has appeared.
Association without surrender.
Identity without isolation.
And if it spreads…
survival may no longer matt
THE CONVERGENCE PROTOCOLFirst Contact was a MistakeThe Kethari War: Book 1
First Contact Was a Mistake
They don’t conquer worlds.
They harvest them.
Eli Rowan is a farmer, not a soldier. On a quiet agricultural world at the edge of colonized space, survival means fixing what’s broken and keeping things running—no matter what.
Then the war arrives.
Seven days.
That’s all the time he has before he’s pulled into pilot training.
Seven days before everything changes.
Because when the Kethari come, they don’t invade.
They don’t negotiate.
They don’t miss.
Their ships move with impossible precision.
Their systems cannot be hacked.
And once they arrive…
No one comes back.
Stranded in the wreckage of a destroyed fleet, Eli and a handful of survivors are left with a brutal truth:
They were never meant to survive.
But something else wasn’t meant to exist.
Not human.
Not machine.
Something new is beginning to emerge—something the Kethari cannot control.
And for the first time…
The outcome is no longer certain.
Something survived.
It shouldn’t have.
And now… it’s changing the rules.
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”
— Abraham Lincoln
“Just perfect”, his foot sank, mud oozing over the top of his left boot. Eli Rowan was squatting next to a metal cover, calf-deep in mud. Trying to convince a stubborn irrigation pump that it still had a reason to keep living.
The machine had been coughing and rattling like an old man for three days, promising that each sputter would be its last. Eli crouched beside it with a wrench in one hand and a scrap of wire in the other, mud and blood smeared across his knuckles. As he listened to the engine’s uneven rhythm and watched the water pulse erratically, he waited for the sounds to tell him what was wrong.
The Convergence ProtocolThe Kethari War: Book 1
First Contact Was a Mistake
They don’t conquer worlds.
They harvest them.
Eli Rowan is a farmer, not a soldier. On a quiet agricultural world at the edge of colonized space, survival means fixing what’s broken and keeping things running—no matter what.
Then the war arrives.
Seven days.
That’s all the time he has before he’s pulled into pilot training.
Seven days before everything changes.
Because when the Kethari come, they don’t invade.
They don’t negotiate.
They don’t miss.
Their ships move with impossible precision.
Their systems cannot be hacked.
And once they arrive…
No one comes back.
Stranded in the wreckage of a destroyed fleet, Eli and a handful of survivors are left with a brutal truth:
They were never meant to survive.
But something else wasn’t meant to exist.
Not human.
Not machine.
Something new is beginning to emerge—something the Kethari cannot control.
And for the first time…
The outcome is no longer certain.
Features
The Kethari War: Book 1
Three ideologies clash at the edge of extinction. Humanity, driven by instinct, emotion, and belief. The Kethari, governed by perfect logic and absolute purpose. Something new, neither human nor machine, rewriting the rules of both
Each claims to be right. Each is willing to destroy the others to prove it.
And in the end, the question won’t be who wins But what truth remains.
Machines are Machines
On the edge of colonized space, Eli Rowan is pulled from a quiet life into a war no one was prepared to fight. Stranded among the wreckage of a destroyed fleet, survival becomes something more than endurance. Because something else has begun to emerge. Not human. Not machine. Something new.
Survival Must be Earned
What happens when something awakens? Is it friend or foe? Good or evil or something we have not yet imagined. What happens when good, evil, and the unknown are on a collision course? The Convergence Protocol.
Survival Must be Earned
Eli Rowan is a farmer, not a soldier. On a quiet agricultural world at the edge of colonized space, survival means fixing what’s broken and keeping things running—no matter what.
Coming soon!
The Kethari War: Book 2 - The Response Protocol
Look for it this summer
Just Released!THE CONVERGENCE PROTOCOLFirst Contact was a MistakeThe Kethari War: Book 1
Reviews
★★★★★
Reviewed in Canada on April 9, 2026
Format: Kindle Edition
This book caught me off guard in the best way. It starts grounded and relatable, then quickly builds into something much bigger and more intense. The mix of human problem-solving and big sci-fi ideas really works. Eli feels like a real person, not a typical hero, and that made everything hit harder. Definitely worth the read.
★★★★★
Reviewed in Canada on April 6, 2026
Format: Kindle Edition
Great read. Took a flyer on a new author. I wasn’t disappointed. What really stood out to me were the characters. Eli feels like a real person, out of his depth, but still pushing forward. Eli and his group react to something truly alien is what makes this story work. The different forms of intelligence they encounter aren’t just “enemies,” they’re strange, and thought-provoking. Watching the worlds collide kept me hooked the whole time. Waiting for book 2.
A special thank you to Neil L Thrussell for all of his guidance and this very kind article:
Watching a Friend Bloom, and Apparently Become Unfairly Talented at EverythingL. Neil Thrussell4X International Best Selling Author, Master of the Shin Dao, Speaker, Facilitator, Life Coach, Reverend, Web Geek, Adventurer, Husband, Son, Uncle and Lover of Life.
★★★★★
It was the book I was looking for.Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2026
This book was awesome. This was so much more of a book than I was thinking it would be. I always wanted more out of books like war of the worlds and this book delivered. It was absolutely amazing. My favorite book growing up was Starship troopers and this book really gets into my zone of favorite and deep characters.
I work with my hands, making things that last, and this book spoke to me. Eli doesn’t win by being a hero, he wins by figuring things out and making broken systems work when they shouldn’t.
There’s a repair early on that felt real, not perfect, just making it hold with what’s available. That’s how it actually goes.
Solid sci-fi, but the problem-solving is what hooked me.
I’ll be picking up the next one.
★★★★★
Reviewed in Canada on April 8, 2026
Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase
This book blends interstellar warfare, interspecies conflict, and evolving intelligence into a fast-moving, high-concept sci-fi story that’s hard to put down.
At its core, the story follows a farmer who’s recruited into the space force—only for everything to go sideways almost immediately. On the way to training, an alien force attacks the host training planet, forcing him into the conflict far earlier and more intimate, than expected. It’s a strong opening that shifts the story from a classic “recruit-to-soldier” arc into something much more intense.
What stands out is how the book layers its ideas. The interstellar war and interspecies dynamics provide the action backbone, but the real depth comes from the artificial intelligence and “convergence” elements. These concepts aren’t just background—they feel like they’re shaping the future of the conflict itself, hinting at something bigger than a typical war story.
The writing style is dynamic and lively, with the story moving forward swiftly. It avoids getting bogged down in heavy exposition, which is impressive given how many moving parts the story introduces. Once it gets going, it really moves.
Interestingly, due to commitments I had to stop at the end of chapter 3. It left me wanting to come back. When I was able to continue, I found the structure, connections, and underlying ideas came together wonderfully—and I found myself completely pulled in. I ended up reading straight through to the end without putting it down.
Overall, this is a strong pick for readers who enjoy fast-paced, idea-driven sci-fi—especially those interested in AI, first contact scenarios, and large-scale space conflict. It delivers both action and intriguing concepts, and it definitely leaves you wanting to continue the series. I’m looking forward to book two.
★★★★★
Reviewed in Canada on April 9, 2026
Format: Kindle Edition
I wasn’t expecting to get hooked this fast, but I couldn’t put it down. The concept is fresh, the pacing is solid, and the tension keeps building the whole way through. The alien threat feels genuinely different, and the emerging intelligence angle adds a really cool twist! Looking forward to the next book!
★★★★
4.0 out of 5 stars Worth the readReviewed in Canada on May 9, 2026
Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase
The Convergence Protocol does something a lot of sci-fi books struggle with: the human characters actually feel human. Eli, Finn, Martin and Sophie, and even Halvorsen all have distinct voices and believable reactions to what’s happening around them. The dialogue and emotional moments grounded the story even when the scale became massive and philosophical.
The only reason this wasn’t a full 5 stars for me was the Kethari and AI chapters. Their AI-like, hyper-logical way of speaking can be difficult to read at times because the language is intentionally cold, analytical, and fragmented. Some sections required slower reading to fully process.
That said, I also think the author accomplished exactly what he intended. The writing style makes those entities feel genuinely alien and machine-like rather than just “humans in armor.” By the middle of the book, I realized the discomfort was part of the experience. Their perspective is supposed to feel unnatural.
If you enjoy military and AI sci-fi with deeper themes about intelligence, identity, and humanity’s collision with something truly different, this is definitely worth reading.
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