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The God Decrees: Devan Chronicles Book 1 Kindle Edition

by Mark E. Cooper (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Book 1 of 4: Devan Chronicles

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Ripped from our world to theirs, will she be their savior or their destroyer?

Olympian gymnast Julia Morton is summoned by a wizard to an alien world where women are sheltered, magic is real, and there's no way home.

Will she be his savior or destroyer?

"You'll love this! Magic is alive and well in Julia's hands."

The God Decrees is the first book in the Devan Chronicles, a five-book fantasy series. If you like strong women; vivid descriptions; and enchanting magic, then you'll love a series that grabs you and keeps you through the very last page.

Buy God Decrees to start this magical sword and sorcery series today!

Reading order:
1. The God Decrees
2. The Power that Binds
3. The Warrior Within
4. Dragon Dawn
5. Destiny's Pawn

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Set in a world of ancient warring kingdoms, The God Decrees follows Julia Morton through Deva, as that once powerful land comes to the end of it's greatness. A feeble king now sits the throne of Deva, and traitorous lords scheme to take it from him. Only the lords of the four great fortresses remain vigilant and loyal to the kingdom. Deva seems doomed as the legions of the Protectorate march.

Keverin-Lord of Fortress Athione and Lord Protector of the West-is desperate to save his people from the sorcerers of the Protectorate. A champion is needed, one strong enough to throw back the minions of the evil sorcerer Mortain, but where in all the worlds will he find such a man?

In a small town in the south of England, great things are about to happen.

About the Author

Mark E. Cooper lives alone in a small town in the south of England, where he writes most mornings and evenings, and cares for his pets in between. His background is in mechanical engineering where he spent over thirty years working for Ford, while writing stories for fun in his spare time. He loves reading about strong female characters and can often be found laughing to himself as he listens to a book on his iPod. His hobbies include driving his cobra--a V12 monster he built with his best friend--reading fantasy and sci-fi, and maintaining his blog at http://www.impulsebooks.co.uk/markcooper.html Retired from Ford, he is now the author of more than eight titles in the genres he loves to read.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0052ER98A
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Impulsebooks UK (December 1, 2003)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 1, 2003
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3147 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 361 pages

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Mark E. Cooper is the bestselling author of more than fifteen novels, including the Merkiaari Wars series, the Devan Chronicles series, the YA novels of the Rune Gate Cycle, and the paranormal thrillers of the Shifter Legacies series. He was born and still lives in a small town in the south of England, where he writes full time adding books to his favourite genres. He loves reading and writing about strong female characters, and can often be found listening to an audiobook while he types like a mad man.

His background is in mechanical engineering where he spent over thirty years working for Ford. His hobbies include Shelby Cobras--he built a V12 version of the classic car with with his best friend back in the early 90s. It still has pride of place in his garage. He maintains a website and blog:

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dailey

Magic is alive

Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2015

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The book mostly centers around a 19 year old girl named Julia. She starts the story line in our world. She is hoping to go to the Olympics one day as a gymnast. Her life is turned upside down when Darius one of the wizards summons her to a new world. A new world where magic is real and alive. Where women are treasured and protected. Men do all the dirty work and take all the risks. A world in part similar to the middle ages in England.

I really enjoyed listening to "The God Decrees". I've always enjoy stories that are set in the middle ages. Where wizards and magic are a part of day to day life. I like to get lost in the fantasy world of galloping horse rides in the middle of crazy all out battles of "Good vs Evil". With "Good" kicking ass even if it may be at the last minute. I'm also enjoying that the author has a slow romance started between Julia and Lord Keverin. It is nice that they both are falling in love from a distance. It really sets the tone for a romance in the series.

My favorite scene was Julia trying to practice magic on her own. I just wanted to yell "Don't do it!" but of course she did. Or when the 1st major battle started. Julia found herself in a daze of confusion when a enemy solider comes running her way. She figured out magic in a quick hurry than. I could just see her looking at her hand thinking "What the???" That was great.

I really love it when a story comes to life for a reading/listener like this one does. One minute you are feeling sorry for Julia getting pulled away from her dream of the Olympics. To being unamused with the priest for talking nasty about Julia to Lord Keverin.

I can't wait to book 2. I'm dying to see what happens next. This is a book series that just never slows down.

I always find myself amazed with the narrator Mikael Naramore. He is so good with the different voices for each character. His characters just come alive for a listener. I've listened to a couple different books he has narrated. I don't think he has reused a voice yet.

Would I recommend this series? Yes

Would I listen to is again! Yes

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Cypherpunk

a bit slow, but a solid start to an epic fantasy series

Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2014

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Other reviews explain the story well. I found the novel generally easy to read and engaging. The characters are like able, comparing favorably to David Weber's Safehold books. I have really enjoyed most of the Safehold books, but Cooper's novel does lack the technical background and additional complexity in storytelling. I particularly like Julia, the main character, who was pulled from our world into theirs. She generally employs scientific experimentation to try to learn magic, and her take on a feudal society is interesting, if unsurprising. There are some questionable aspects to her characterization, though. One of the first things she learns is that the focus and concentration she employs as a top gymnast enable her to use magic, yet later in the novel, as she struggles to master a crucial magical skill, she seems to have forgotten this early lesson. Also, I find it extremely annoying when two otherwise intelligent characters seem fundamentally incapable of being more than civil toward one another, when both are patently attracted to the other. Some of this is fine, but it feels excessive, to me.

Ironically, Cooper inserts a prelude stating that he's an English author, and there are multiple acceptable spellings for certain words. I wonder who he thought his audience would be. Most readers of fantasy have undoubtedly read material from both American and Commonwealth authors (and one would hope they had sought out and read fantasy by authors from other countries, as well!). I wish he had taken the time to review basic punctuation, though. The lack of commas throughout the story forced me to re-read numerous passages.

I find this highly annoying, since it's a basic grammar skill I learned toward the end of elementary school and reinforced in later English classes, but if you are willing to overlook this, this is generally an interesting and fun fantasy read. I have not read later books in the series, but it sounds like they continue the story in an interesting way. Book five seems to be due soon. I will keep reading, as several reviewers say the second book is much better than the first.

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Hes H.

Fantasy full of Magic and Swords

Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2018

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book!! I could not put it down. Julia is a gymnast on earth, but she is pulled to a very different world by a dying mage. Onbthis new world, only men wield magic. She is the first sorceress EVER ! As though things could not be more complicated. Julia just wants to go home, but doesn't know how.

Anthione is besieged and the unexpected happens, catalysing a series of astounding events. This adventure is fast paced with enough action and terror. The plot twists and turns and is totally unpredictable. If you enjoy fantasy with a medieval feel, this book is for you. It is well written!

Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2015

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Wow, I really enjoyed this book. It had everything like magic, courageous battles, friendships, death and even love. Julia a promising Olympic gymnast was pulled from her life to another realm. There she met Kev and her magical experiences started. The storyline is AwEsOmE. I loved all the characters except for the evil sorcerers. This book is the start of a series and I can't wait to read the next one. I would recommend this book to everyone. Thank you Mark E. Cooper for my free e-book. Excellent job!

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RKW

Good first book, but I wouldn't personally buy the rest

Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2017

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I read the reviews and bought the first book because it was free. It was a pretty good book. Then I bought the first three for a deal. By the 2nd book I lost interest and then I read a synopsis of the 3rd book and was glad I stopped reading the series.

Then I was reading reviews of the 4th book. Many people liked the book, but it seems the author left the 4th book on a cliffhanger and hasn't written the 5th book yet. The last book was written in 2007. As of writing this review, that was 10 years ago!

Doesn't make me feel so bad I lost interest in the series after the 2nd book. ;-)

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Walter Scott

Mages and Mayhem very well done

Reviewed in Canada on April 27, 2017

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At times derivative of wizards-and-warfare stories I have already read, Mark E. Cooper (Merkiaari Wars – all worth five stars), forges his own path in this genre, and produces a very satisfying read. I was a bit disappointed that the heroine’s background in near-Olympic gymnastics gets almost totally overshadowed by her powerful-but-poorly-disciplined magical powers. But Mr. Cooper has already proven that what may look like loose ends in one novel can become anchor points in the ones that follow. Regardless, I have the confidence to order the rest of this series, hoping for enough reading time to make the most of his creativity.

Zoe

Brilliant set plot.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 24, 2018

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A saga has started with this book. A saga worth reading. I like the characters introduced and seeing how they evolve. There's a lot of interesting sections which hint at the next book without upsetting the current read. Very enjoyable.

NFH series

Enjoyed it very much... Thank you

Reviewed in Australia on May 3, 2015

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Good read. I enjoyed the pace and was difficult to cut myself of when I had to attend to life issues. Hope there will be more.

Kindle Customer

Not bad at all

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 4, 2013

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Have been reading a lot of space epics just now so this was an interesting book to pick up and read. Good in the fact that you can become quite wrapped up in the story.

dolly

Great book and series.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 29, 2017

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There is no point in reading these books! The author has no Interest in finishing the series. Book 5 is missing and he can't be bothered to wright it!! Highly recommend afterlife saga by Stephanie Hudson.

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