Singularity

Infinite #13

by Jeremy Robinson

Singularity is the final book in Robinson’s epic Infinite Timeline, bringing together favorite characters from a vast world of standalone novels in a massive crossover that wraps up a 1.3-million-word saga. Cherry Bomb, an A.I. made human—and immortal—is out for revenge against her creator, Will, who left her on the Galahad , a ship full of unholy monsters, traversing the universe from beginning to end, ad infinitum. Countless years pass, giving her more than enough time to plot her revenge. Upon gaining control of the ship, she sets her plan in motion, building a vast army and reforming the universe as she sees fit. On Earth, heroes are brought together. Miah, and his team of immortal gods, Titans, angels, and demons join with Dark Horse and the crew of the Bitch’n , along with Delgado, Wini, and a colorful cast of characters from around the world and the universe. They’re quickly thrown into a series of grueling missions, defending the Earth against all-out attack while attempting to uncover Cherry Bomb’s endgame. Taking losses along the way, the horrible truth is finally uncovered. A planet sharing Earth’s orbit rounds the sun, on a collision course. It’s a desperate place populated by unspeakable creatures now flooding through portals to Earth. A planet…called Torment. And if Miah, Dark Horse, and the others can’t stop it, our reality is doomed. #1 Audible and New York Times bestselling author, Jeremy Robinson, is known for taking risks and trying new things, but nothing has been more audacious than the Infinite Timeline. This massive world comes to a colossal conclusion in Singularity , a deftly written sci-fi thriller that’s as funny as it is action-packed. Start reading and bear witness to a conflict that might just spill over into the realm we reality.

Genres: Science Fiction, Audiobook, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fiction, Fantasy, Thriller, Horror

470 pages, Hardcover

First published March 21, 2023

About the author

Jeremy Robinson is the New York Times bestselling author of seventy novels and novellas, including Apocalypse Machine, Island 731, and SecondWorld, as well as the Jack Sigler thriller series and Project Nemesis, the highest selling, original (non-licensed) kaiju novel of all time. He’s known for mixing elements of science, history and mythology, which has earned him the #1 spot in Science Fiction and Action-Adventure, and secured him as the top creature feature author. Many of his novels have been adapted into comic books, optioned for film and TV, and translated into thirteen languages. He lives in New Hampshire with his wife and three children. Visit him at www.bewareofmonsters.com.

Reviews

[Dee Haddrill · Rating 5 out of 5]

The hardest part of finishing this final book in the Infinite timeline is that I don’t have the ability to write a review that truly shows the absolute perfection of this book! Jeremy Robinson has this unique ability to weave a tale of adventure that, although incredibly fantastical, makes you believe every word, and fully expect that these events could actually happen. It’s a really difficult book to pigeonhole into a genre, with themes of science fiction, mythology, humour, drama, horror, suspense and action all equally prevalent. Singularity will keep you completely entranced and intrigued until the final chapter and it will be a story that you won’t want to end. After 12 previous books, it was hard to say goodbye to some of these characters, but what a finale to their adventures. Thanks for the journey, Jeremy.

[John Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great ending to the 13 book "universe".

Loved it.

Full review in the works.

[Bellerophon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Odd mess

Not sure about this one. I get it: grand ending and all that... Been reading his books since his first book but just can't understand why any author would insert themselves into the plot. Unfortunately, it did not work for me. Kinda wrecked my previous respect for him. The book felt like a marketing tool at times as well. Blatant. The social references (music, movies, tv) felt tired. It was a reach to try to connect all the books. Good effort though. I am just as shocked as you. I can't believe I can only muster three stars. This guy was my fave author for years. This is my fave genre. Oh well, my opinion means very little but I can't recommend this book.

[FictionFreak · Rating 5 out of 5]

fantastic end

To an incredible series
Don’t stop now! If you’re new this a wonderful timeline. Robinson knocks it out of the park as only he can! Do it! Do it, now!

[Julie Carter · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read a lot of books, and I especially enjoy reading series. Usually when an author writes the conclusion to a series, I find myself with a list of things that I wish had been addressed. Singularity is the final book in the Infinite Timeline, which includes some amazing stories. It was an absolute pleasure to work my way through this body of work.
I am not going to share any details of the story, as everyone needs to experience it spoiler-free. But I do want to say that this conclusion to this much-loves series was sheer perfection and left me with no complaints. Well, maybe one complaint...I am not ready to say goodbye to this world.
If you enjoy audiobooks, this narration definitely brings the story to life in a wonderful way.

[Ben · Rating 5 out of 5]

OMG!!! What a fun ride!

So I'm not much of a review writer, but g'damn is this series not the most awesome or what! I laughed so hard I cried, and once I even peed a little.... I'm not ashamed! it was all part of the experience! EVERYTHING is part of the experience!

Oh man. I'm telling you.... so much fun in the books leading to this, and it does not disappoint. the characters, the journey, the banter! oh man!!! so gooood!!!

Mr. Bray's performance was spot on as always! Brings an amazing story to life in a way that your own imagination can't even achieve!!!

[Vince · Rating 5 out of 5]

An epic conclusion

I started this journey after a friend recommended Infinite. Little did I know that Jeremy Robinson was about to send me on an adventure across multiple books. This is the end. Do I want it to be the end? No. I wanted more! But alas, most good things must end. If you're looking at this book and have yet to read the rest, I'd highly recommend reading every book in the Infinite Timeline first. You will not be disappointed.

[Matthew J Ingram · Rating 5 out of 5]

OMG what a finale, a supersonic multiversal mind bending ride from start to finish. Ofcourse I'm sad it's over but all good things right👍
Bewareofmonsters everybody!!!!

[Aaron · Rating 3 out of 5]

As a whole, I really enjoyed the entire Infinite Timeline series, and I'd rate the series a solid 4. But Singularity ... hmmm, not so much. While it was an interesting read (or listen, since it was an audiobook) with a satisfying ending, there were a few hiccups:
- Too many characters: I read the entire series, yet could not keep track of all the characters. I couldn't distinguish between Dark Horse & Maia and was constantly mixing up who was where and with whom the entire novel.
- Narration: Don't get me wrong, I love RC Bray as 99% of the time his narrations are awesome. However, I could never tell when he was voicing Maia or Dark Horse. This is probably because Jeremy Robinson's characterization of both characters are pretty much identical. Even their powers are confusingly similar. Still, I was constantly rewinding to the chapter head to see which character was now narrating.
- Author Intrusion: Sorry, but Robinson injecting himself into the story was a bad decision and caused a massive amount of eye rolling for me.

All in all, a great series that I very much enjoyed, with a fun but flawed end piece.

[Kacy❁ · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice mix of all the books in the timeline.

[Mark Thomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved seeing all the characters under one book. While I can appreciate the author's reasoning, I was a little bit disappointed with the way the author put himself in the book. I could see the three series of books as a movie or tv show adaptation but not Khaos, The Order, or this book. Still a very fun read though!

[Matthew Cole · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good ending to a great series. I do feel like Robinson had a two parter going on here though. It feels a tad rushed, but not so rushed it hurts the story. I’m going to miss these characters for sure, especially Dark Horse. Maybe we’ll have an Infinite 3 someday. A man can hope.

I want to give a big congrats on Jeremy Robinson on being able to finish a big story as well. Many authors have a difficult time giving the reader a good conclusion. I’m glad we got a decent one.

Thanks for the adventure Jeremy!

[Matthew · Rating 5 out of 5]

The perfect ending to the best series I've ever read!

the infinite timeline is my all time favorite series by my favorite author, every book is impeccable. this incredible culmination made me laugh out loud and shed more than a few tears. if you haven't given this series a chance, DO IT! you will not regret it.

[Harmoni · Rating 5 out of 5]

Robinson is a genius

This book met and blew away all my expectations. From the very first words, to the very last, I hung on every single one. Building a universe over a course of 15 books is spectacular. I laughed, I cr I'd, I screamed out loud, I even jumped up and down. This book has it all. Read it and love it. You won't be disappointed.

[Wyatt · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an amazing and epic conclusion to a huge story line. But my main issue was the similarity between the two chapter characters. The two characters are written so similarly it was difficult to tell who I was reading. Overall this series has been a blast to read and one of my favorite string of books.

[W. Payne Sillavan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great conclusion to the series. I loved every book in the Infinite timeline, each was so much fun and weird.
I had a few issues with the finale though. Henry feels Flanderized by now, the constant references to music took me a bit out of the weird-fun action, and I feel like Flux and its characters are incredibly neglected. I won't spoil why, but at the end, I couldn't help but wonder about that book and how those characters feel with the ultimate aftermath.
I know I only really posted my issues, but I did really enjoy it. The Robinson weirdness is still present and the book is still satisfying and fun. A well done end to a very well loved collection. :)

[Micah R. · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the most insane crossovers I've read/listened to.

When I first started listening to the Infinite Timeline books, I knew what I was going into (especially since I think Infinite 2 had just come out when I started). It was really fun to see the characters come together to save the world over the course of these mostly disconnected novels.

For the most part, most of the novels I could see existing together like Mindbullet, The Dark, and Exo Hunter. I was very impressed seeing the Red Dwarf-esque Infinite novels tie in with the rest of them. That was where some more of the insane creativity comes into play.

I had some issues with some self-insertion. It was awkward with Stephen King did it in the Dark Tower series and it's awkward here, but I think given the multiverses being played with in both series it works, especially since both authors tend towards self-deprecating humor (especially Jeremy Robinson), but it's still a bit awkward. I don't know. I didn't let it bother me and it didn't become too dues ex to ruin the overall experience.

While my time with this series was over the course of a year or so (spreading it out with other audiobooks), and not over a couple of years like the author and some of his readers, I still felt like this had the same impact for this series as Infinity War/Endgame did for the MCU and I think that's what Robinson was going for. While it's not Iron Man, Spider-Man, and The Hulk coming together, these are characters that you are excited to see work together.

My only issue, then, would be that in their own novels, they tended to sound the same and I didn't really see that much difference until they came together. I wasn't constantly confusing characters (though sometimes, I did struggle to remember names just because there were so many of them and most of the characters other than Dark Horse, Maia, and Brie were not narrators and I didn't remember the narrator characters from the previous books' names as much as the ones who weren't. For instance, I kept forgetting that Mindbullet's real name was Jonas and had to stop and think about who Jonas was.)

I also had a small gripe that I felt like the epilogue was a bit of a letdown. I didn't want a long and drawn out epilogue, but considering the massive story that was told in this series, it didn't seem like much at the end there.

The other small gripe is that I felt a bit of FOMO (fear of missing out) because I was under the impression that all I needed to know from this series was from the other books in the series, but there are a ton of references to Robinson's other work in this, Infinite 2, and The Order (since one of the characters from Nemesis is in The Order.) The big showdown has a ton of creatures from the Nemesis books. Granted, I didn't feel that much confusion having not read anything else by Robinson, nor did I feel like there were really any spoilers for the non-Infinite Timeline novels, but I would've liked to have had that context. Might have made Cowboy's appearance in this and The Order more meaningful.

And last, but not least, I'd like to talk about RC Bray since I did listen to the audiobooks. Huge fan. I think he did a fantastic job. I could tell Robinson was having fun making him say certain things.

Overall, great ending to an awesome series.

[Zachary Mohr · Rating 5 out of 5]

Singularity is absolutely mind blowing! Jeremy Robinson weaved together 12 previous standalone novels that coalesced into an epic finale of Marvel-esque proportions. It has twists and turns and multiple jaw dropping “What?!” moments that had me hooked from start to finish with a satisfying ending that just goes to show that he is an author who is a little bit crazy but a whole lot of awesome.

I can not recommend this book enough. Let alone the whole Infinity Timeline.

[Jeremy · Rating 5 out of 5]

The EPIC conclusion to Jeremy Robinson's Infinite Timeline. The culmination of 9 standalone novels coming together in a la Avengers: Infinity War/Endgame. It's also go its own soundtrack! If you're into crazy sci-fi with great characters and a lot of fun, you have to read the whole series!

[Gene Wisniewski · Rating 4 out of 5]

Damn it. I’m not sure if writing yourself into a plot and making yourself fairly central to that plot is taboo, but it very well should be if it’s not. Completely broke my immersion while reading. Worst part? Take Robinson out from the plot where cherry bomb and the others “need him”, and it still flows VERY smoothly. Inserting himself there was pointless, and it almost knocked this review down to a 3 star rating, but everything else that accomplished what the book set out to do brought it back to a four.

Just why man? Why did you do that? This shoulda been a 5 star review.

[Jerry Vasquez · Rating 5 out of 5]

This whole timeline needs to be an animated series.

[Jeff · Rating 5 out of 5]

The New God Of Science Fiction Outdoes Even Avengers: Endgame. First off, let me tell you up front: This isn't the book for you if you haven't read the other 12 books in the Infinite Timeline first. That noted... you NEED to read those books, because you NEED to read this book.

Why?

Because it is quite possibly *THE* unique novel in all of human history. Certainly in my own expansive, yet *very* tiny relative to all novels, few thousand book reading history. Here, Robinson openly takes inspiration from the "event" form comic books have taken for decades and which movies finally got a taste of with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and brings this structure into novels - hence, the Infinite Timeline itself.

SINGULARITY, this book, is its "Avengers: Endgame", and Robinson is able to execute on the things that Endgame does well *even better* than it did... *and* add several instances of depth, fan service, and meta commentary that Endgame could never have attempted, let alone fit in.

The darkness in this book is intense. The world is about to end, and our ragtag group of simple humans, enhanced humans, and outright Greek Gods has to come together to stop it... with enough humor to make one think your favorite group of comedians had somehow written a dark and gritty scifi action epic. You're going to *feel* the world ending, the threat growing and becoming impossible to defeat. Even through this, you're going to laugh your ass off at the antics of our heroes as they fight with all the (considerable) might and talent they can bring to bear.

Are there any outright "Avengers! Assemble." moments here? For me, there was in fact one. The moment we encounter the titular Singularity. The moment the MCU could never hope to replicate (even though it has tried, post-Endgame).

This is quite possibly *the* unique novel in all of human existence.

It will very likely be *quite* some time - if ever - that I encounter a *better* novel.

Do yourself a favor. Read the Infinite Timeline. Just so you can experience this particular OHMYGODAMAZEBALLSAWESOMESAUCE novel yourself.

Very much recommended.

[Ravelt · Rating 5 out of 5]

I discovered the Infinite Timeline last year while looking for book series that mimic the MCU concept of shared universes. And I don't think I've found any that get as close as Robinson does. I gave them all between 3-4 stars, none of them are literary masterpieces, but they're all fun popcorn reads with wacky ideas. I doubt I would have read them all if not for the promise of the shared universe, and I think the crossover books do deliver on that promise. I think Singularity was a satisfying conclusion, bringing together all the characters across the other 12 books, and a 5 star read relative to the series. Almost every character feels like a different person to me so watching them interact in the final book is delightful, however I do think Robinsons character work across all his books is pretty surface level. All in all, I liked how it wrapped the shared universe up, although the defeat of the villain is kind of anti-climactic?

My other gripes are again the author brings up the Infinite Worlds theory, but fundamentally doesn't understand it. Infinite worlds does not mean every world exists!! And also the author writing himself into the book while I thought was kinda cringe bc really, self inserting yourself into your book...but it was actually handled in a kinda sweet way. My gripe there is that it made no sense like Will creates the universe but somehow the author self insert is writing it into being so like..I don't even know I'm confused just thinking about how it worked and honestly felt like the author was really hand wavey about it just to self insert into the book.

I don't really think I would recommend these books to someone unless they like shared universes or like B action movies (I very much doubt this gets a big screen adaptation because with how saturated the market is these would def flop as adaptations. And the plots are way closer to direct to dvd like movies). However, I will most likely read what Robinson writes in the future.

[Calvin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty darn good

Overall, I'd say this was a really good book. There's plenty of action, horror, mystery, and the usual weirdness of a Robinson book. There's a lot of funny banter between characters.

That's not to say it's perfect. There is a massive number of characters, so it's tough to cover all of them equally. Sarah, Jonas, and Cowboy are really underused. The aforementioned banter sometimes becomes too much. It's like if Deadpool was given an energy drink. Sometimes, it's okay to let a scene breathe without throwing another joke or tangent in there. And the ending. I have a tough time with this part, because it's really good... and also really rushed. There's a big fight with a massive army of monsters... that lasts a few pages. The fight with Cherry is really good, which is difficult to pull off considering the number of heroes, their powers, and the god-like powers of Cherry. The epilogue is really rushed. The fact of the new planet in the solar system is explained away in a few paragraphs. I would've like to have seen individual epilogues for each character, but I also realize that would result in Return of the King levels of endings. A few characters get their stories continued regarding what they are up to, but there's a lot more who are glanced over or just not even mentioned.

I can already hear the naysayers and rabid fans clamoring for my head, so I'll finish with this. This book was a massive undertaking, something that I could never do. Thirteen books. Dozens of characters. Millions of words. In my biased, non professional opinion, was it perfect? No. But was it horrible? Also no. It was really good ending to a very long personal journey for the author, so I can't fault him too much. I hope as much care and reverence is given to the final book in the Chess Team series, which has been in the works for a very very very long time

[Jeremy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I would give this two stars, but the writing was good...it is very readable. Is it a good story on its own? No, not in my opinion. But I had high expectations. Jeremy Robinson is probably the most up and down writer I've come across...very good writing, and some really, really fun stories. And some that are very unsatisfying.

I really liked Khaos, the previous book in this series. It's an adventure. I expected this last book in the series to be an adventure, but it's not. There isn't much happening, there's a lot of talking and worrying, with the plethora of leading characters who have all come together as a big family. But I guess that's not what's disappointed me the most. I like the characters as much as the next person who's read the previous books.

Putting himself in the story is a big deus ex machina. Another case where he was taking a chance to be creative this time by being all meta, and another case where I think it didn't work. It just took me out of the story. There is yet another deus ex machina if you can believe that, and which I won't spoil. The end result is tension isn't really built, things just seem kind of magically solved.

Oh, well, I've read some really good books by Robinson. And if you've read the others in the series you should read this. It's okay.

Oh, one other nitpicky thing...I haven't read Nemesis books, and I had to go figure out where the Cowboy books were (to learn about his backstory)...both of which aren't in the Infinite series but have characters in this series. FYI.

[Darin · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was really excited to see this come out because Infinite is one of my favorite sci-fi novels. I haven't gotten around to reading any of the other books in the timeline but wanted to see the conclusion of Infinite, even if I wouldn't know most of the characters.

The book wasn't all terrible. I really enjoyed the dialog with Samael. Those scenes felt more like Infinite. There was some brief philosophical horror and speculation about existence and an eternity of torment and how it could affect your mind. The first Infinite did this amazingly well. I wasn't as much of a fan of the sequel, but still thought it was great. But unfortunately this was all overshadowed by pretty much one thing... Jeremy Robinson.

I don't mind if an author wants to do a cheeky self-insert as a joke, but he literally wrote himself in as a major character driving the plot, and it was so disgustingly meta that I was shaking my head and groaning through most of the book. I genuinely didn't think it was possible to find a book I would dislike as much as Semiosis by Sue Burke, but here we are.

Honestly, the dialog between the characters of the other books wasn't all that bad, especially Moses / Dark Horse. But some of the characters were just cringey. If nothing else, I think I know which of the books in the Infinite timeline to avoid now based on the characters.

Sorry, but this one was just bad. RC Bray is an outstanding narrator though...

[Torr · Rating 4 out of 5]

Starts off fairly hectic, possibly chaotic. Develops a bit and takes a twist (good storytelling) that becomes super interesting (this is when I got locked into the story in this book). The conclusion was very satisfying.

As someone who definitely does NOT low key stalk Mr. Robinson, the afterword was extremely helpful for me as I had no idea that stuff was going on causing extra challenge in his life.

I listen to the audiobook version of this book/series and as always R.C. Bray does a fantastic job.
I did however have some challenges with the audio version of this book. There are two primary viewpoints we follow in the story (other POVs do happen) Dark Horse and Thunder Chicken (I don't know how to spell Miah's name correctly so Thunder Chicken it is). Unfortunately they both refer to themselves as I (as they should) but to me they seem to have the same character voice (this could be a my ears problem). I would occasionally forget which one was speaking until they addressed/referenced to the other by name.

If I could change one thing in the series, I would have each of the prongs of the story be narrated by someone else and then in the final climatic story when everyone comes together have multiple narrators narrating the character from their story lines (I might just want to have more books like NPC with Bray and Kafer being amazing together).

[Steven · Rating 4 out of 5]

Giving it a 4 for the entire series, but the book itself gets a 3.

Spoilers follow
First, Cherry Bomb is a terrible villain. I think the setup is right - her being tortured for eternity after Infinite 2 - but she doesn't really do much in the story. Too many cliches and lack of narrative progression from her. Her best moments are when she is open about the eternity she spent dying over and over, but she never really translates that pain into transgressions against our characters.

Second, this goes meta in the worst way. What's upsetting is that there already was a level of meta in this timeline that fit the narrative - Will and Gal being the progenitors of all this story fits very well. So WHY did Jeremy write himself into the story? Did no one really tell him how creatively bankrupt that was? This story didn't need it. In fact, as another reviewer mentions, taking all of his story out does nothing to impact the story - including him just lessens it.

I almost stopped reading the book when he came into the story. I mean - this is book 13! The finale! You really gotta do something stupid to make someone almost quit at the finish line...

[Jen Gearhart · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've been waiting for ages for this final book in the Infinite Timeline series, and it did not disappoint. The only downside is that, although I tried to pace myself to make it last, I couldn't put it down, and now I have to say goodbye to all of these wonderful characters that I've gotten to know over the last few years. (Here's hoping that Cowboy keeps popping up in the future...)

As set up in the last few books, Cherry Bomb is working towards destroying reality and remaking it to please her, and our separate groups of heroes finally meet and join forces to try to stop her. I knew that much going in, but I was unprepared (in a good way) for the surprises and twists revealed, and I lost track of how many times I exclaimed "no...really?! " And Cowboy's side mission (no spoilers!) brought some thought-provoking depth to the infinite worlds theory.

Jeremy Robinson is a master at bringing worlds and characters to life. If I could, I would give Singularity, and the rest of the Infinite Timeline series, more than 5 stars.

[Todd Bollman · Rating 2 out of 5]

The preceding 12 books had their ups and downs but I really struggled to finish this one. About midway through, the novel goes full late 00’s student film as the author himself becomes a character in the story- this isn’t always a bad thing, there are books and films that have been able to satisfactorily pull it off without climbing deep up their own backside, but this book isn’t one of them. Once the author shows up the other characters are constantly remarking upon his “deranged mind” and wondering where he gets all his “warped, creative ideas” and it is all just so extremely cringe… made even more cringe by the fact that the books aren’t really all that “warped” or “deranged” or any of the other superlatives being thrown at the author. For the most part, while creative and competently written, it’s all pretty standard genre stuff and the horror and gore elements are all pretty PG-13, and are softened further by the total lack of stakes since like 3/4 of the caste are immortal and instantly heal from injuries.