Why You'll Love This
Playing defense against ancient gods is a losing strategy — and Kaz Wolfe is finally done playing defense.
- Great if you want: tactical, propulsive fantasy where the heroes finally go on offense
- The experience: fast-paced and escalating — each chapter raises the stakes higher
- The writing: Alanson keeps plot moving with sharp momentum and minimal filler
- Skip if: you haven't read the earlier Convergence books — context is essential
About This Book
The ancient gods are patient. They've waited centuries to reclaim their foothold in the mortal world, and the Order has spent just as long laying the groundwork to let them in. Kaz Wolfe has been reacting, blocking, scrambling to hold the line — and it hasn't been enough. In First Strike, the calculus changes. Sometimes the only way to protect everything you love is to stop playing defense and carry the fight to the enemy, even when the odds are ugly and the cost is unclear.
What Alanson does well here — and has done throughout the Convergence series — is balance genuine tension with characters who feel lived-in and worth caring about. At 590 pages, First Strike earns its length: the pacing stays purposeful, the stakes escalate without feeling manufactured, and the world-building deepens in ways that reward readers who've followed the series from the beginning. Alanson writes action with clarity and momentum, but it's the quieter moments between the chaos that give the bigger set pieces their weight.
