A Ruin, Great and Free

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Book 3 of The Convergence Series
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Pub Date Sep 16 2025 | Archive Date Sep 30 2025

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Description

From award-winning author Cadwell Turnbull comes A Ruin, Great and Free, the stunning conclusion to the popular Convergence Saga.

It has been nearly two years since the anti-monster riots. The inhabitants of Moon have been very fortunate in the intervening months. Inside their hidden monster settlement, they’ve found peace, even as the world outside slips into increasing unrest. Monsters are being hunted everywhere, forced back into the shadows they once tried to escape from. Other secret settlements have offered a place to hide, but how long can this half-measure against fear and hatred last?

Over the course of three days, the inhabitants of Moon are tested. The Black Hand continues to search for them and the Cult of the Zsouvox wants to make Moon the last stand in their war against the Order of Asha. This is more than enough to reckon with, but the gods have also placed their sights on Moon—and they bring with them a conflict that may either save or unravel the universe itself.

From award-winning author Cadwell Turnbull comes A Ruin, Great and Free, the stunning conclusion to the popular Convergence Saga.

It has been nearly two years since the anti-monster riots. The...


A Note From the Publisher

Cadwell Turnbull is the award-winning author of The Lesson; No Gods, No Monsters; and We Are the Crisis. His short fiction has appeared in The Verge, Lightspeed, Nightmare, Asimov’s Science Fiction, and several anthologies, including The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 and The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019. His novel The Lesson won the 2020 Neukom Institute Literary Award in the debut category. The novel was also shortlisted for the VCU Cabell Award and longlisted for the Massachusetts Book Awards. His novel No Gods, No Monsters is the winner of a Lambda Award and was a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award. Turnbull grew up on St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands.

Cadwell Turnbull is the award-winning author of The Lesson; No Gods, No Monsters; and We Are the Crisis. His short fiction has appeared in The Verge, Lightspeed, Nightmare, Asimov’s Science Fiction...


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  • No Gods, No Monsters won a Lammy Award, was a New York Times Top 10 Book of the Year, and was an Indie Next pick in hardcover and paperback
  • We Are the Crisis was a finalist for the Manly Wade Wellman Award and the 2024 Ignyte Award and was a New York Times Pick of New Books in Science Fiction
  • Author website: CadwellTurnbull.com
  • Also available from Blackstone Publishing: No Gods, No Monsters; We Are the Crisis; and The Lesson
  • Also available from Blackstone Publishing with Darkly Lem: Transmentation | Transcience


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  • No Gods, No...

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EDITION Hardcover
ISBN 9781094175904
PRICE $28.99 (USD)
PAGES 346

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