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Originally Posted by FizzyWater
Have you tried Mark del Franco's Convergent World series? If you have, how would it compare IYO?
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I read the first couple of books in that series a while ago and enjoyed them. Haven't read the recent ones - mainly because I sometimes like to let a couple of books in a series pile up so that I can read them in one fell swoop. I remember them reading more like detective stories. I had to look up the series on Amazon to refresh my memory.
Unlike Connor, Atticus is not any type of "investigator" per se, nor does he work (as of the first book anyway) in conjunction with the police. Although he does not flaunt any type of wealth (he lives in a modest home and rides a bicycle to work), he does mention that he's made some good "long-term" investments. He's also not written as a "wounded reluctant hero" nor is there that element of "inter-office politics"; he's apparently had joys and sorrows in his life but has been able to deal with them. The emphasis seems to be on his long life and what he has experienced - he tells his dog a story about riding with Genghis Khan's Horde, for example. Atticus' connection to and veneration of the Earth seems stronger than Connor's.