--- product_id: 102870208 title: "Forging Divinity (The War of Broken Mirrors Book 1)" price: "€ 8.67" currency: EUR in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.com.cy/products/102870208-forging-divinity-the-war-of-broken-mirrors-book-1 store_origin: CY region: Cyprus --- # Forging Divinity (The War of Broken Mirrors Book 1) **Price:** € 8.67 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Forging Divinity (The War of Broken Mirrors Book 1) - **How much does it cost?** € 8.67 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.cy](https://www.desertcart.com.cy/products/102870208-forging-divinity-the-war-of-broken-mirrors-book-1) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Some say that in the city of Orlyn, godhood is on sale to the highest bidder. Thousands flock to the city each year, hoping for a chance at immortality. Lydia Hastings is a knowledge sorcerer, capable of extracting information from anything she touches. When she travels to Orlyn to validate the claims of the local faith, she discovers a conspiracy that could lead to a war between the world's three greatest powers. At the focal point is a prisoner who bears a striking resemblance to the long-missing leader of the pantheon she worships. Rescuing the prisoner would require risking her carefully cultivated cover - but his execution could mean the end of everything Lydia holds dear. Review: Secrets, Swords, and Sorcery - Forging Divinity is the first installment in what promises to be an entertaining and complex new series. This debut novel follows three primary POV characters, two of which are spies for rival organizations. Caught in the middle of this unlikely pair is Taelien, a young swordsman wielding a supposed sword of legend, about which he knows very little. All three leads are well written (though I'm rather partial to the half-blind Jonan), and clearly have their own agendas and eccentricities. There's something to be said for a male author who is capable of writing from a female perspective, and Lydia is definitely a successful example of this often rare skill. Rowe also does a good job of exploring many of the gray areas produced by political intrigue and a "for the greater good" mentality. Where Rowe really shines is his world building, presenting the reader with a well-developed and intricate magic system, further augmented by a diverse political and religious landscape. It's certainly a unique spin on the typical fantasy genre. The plot itself also presents the reader with some unexpected twists and turns, and the novel features perhaps one of the best fight scenes I've encountered to date. All and all, this debut piece is an entertaining introduction to a world and cast that will likely become even more engrossing as the series progresses. Review: Short and fun... - "Certainty in the face of variables is a sign of insanity." I loved this as much as I didn’t, which is why it fell into my LIKED vs. my LOVED rating. I felt like a pendulum trying to decide, but in the end there were a few more negatives than positives. But it didn’t get close to my INDIFFERENT rating, so that should say how much I liked it. I couldn’t really summarize this as the story revolves around three characters all on their own mission that ended up overlapping one other. I’m afraid if I tried I’d accidentally give something away. So the book blurb is going to have to do. The world was nicely developed, in my opinion. I never felt cheated. Matter of fact, in the beginning there’s a lot thrown at you. And I never felt like it let up. Not in a cool way, but in a let’s-get-all-this-out-now way. Normally I can go along with info dumps when it’s worked into a dialog. That happened in a lot of places, but it was sooooo long that I ended up skipping, hoping I’d understand later. I did, so yay me and yay to Rowe for keeping it clear. The world, however, never came close to the amount we learned about the magic system. Some people are going to love it. For me—and keep in mind that I love love love magic—it was too much. Much like the world building, it felt long-winded and overcomplicated. I skimmed, and I fear I payed a price for that. I think if i would have been patient, some of it could have been more entertaining. I liked the writing for the most part. Action scenes were incredible. I had a clear picture of what was happening. Those scenes were the reason this didn’t get a lower rating. They were really nifty, particularly those with Taelien. There were some typos, enough that I noticed by not enough to ruin the book for me. Now, the reason I was enjoying this so much was the characters. Taelien was a badass, and his magic was by far my favorite. Manipulating metal might sound boring, but Rowe made it fun. Super fun! Taelien's got a lot to find out about himself, and he truly wants to be a good person. He’s an easy character to root for, especially with his adventurous personality and slightly blind bravery. Our heroine, Lydia, was nicely gifted, but her magical ability of gaining knowledge about stuff just wasn’t as enthralling as magic used in a fight. Even so, she was a tough gal, collected, curious, and strong in her own right. Never a damsel in distress. Our other protagonist, Jonan, used sight magic—making himself invisible, looking through mirrors, and so forth. I never got as good of a feel for him as I did the other two. I could never quite peg his intentions. Overall, I’d recommend this to those that like a traditional upbeat fantasy. It’s short and fun. Because of Taelien I’ll be picking up the second book. I’m curious about his story and where he’ll end up. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #74,107 in Kindle Store ( See Top 100 in Kindle Store ) #367 in Metaphysical Fantasy eBooks #1,161 in Fantasy Adventure Fiction #1,373 in Epic Fantasy (Books) | ## Images ![Forging Divinity (The War of Broken Mirrors Book 1) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/9104l4so3EL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Secrets, Swords, and Sorcery *by D***S on May 30, 2015* Forging Divinity is the first installment in what promises to be an entertaining and complex new series. This debut novel follows three primary POV characters, two of which are spies for rival organizations. Caught in the middle of this unlikely pair is Taelien, a young swordsman wielding a supposed sword of legend, about which he knows very little. All three leads are well written (though I'm rather partial to the half-blind Jonan), and clearly have their own agendas and eccentricities. There's something to be said for a male author who is capable of writing from a female perspective, and Lydia is definitely a successful example of this often rare skill. Rowe also does a good job of exploring many of the gray areas produced by political intrigue and a "for the greater good" mentality. Where Rowe really shines is his world building, presenting the reader with a well-developed and intricate magic system, further augmented by a diverse political and religious landscape. It's certainly a unique spin on the typical fantasy genre. The plot itself also presents the reader with some unexpected twists and turns, and the novel features perhaps one of the best fight scenes I've encountered to date. All and all, this debut piece is an entertaining introduction to a world and cast that will likely become even more engrossing as the series progresses. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Short and fun... *by L***S on March 2, 2016* "Certainty in the face of variables is a sign of insanity." I loved this as much as I didn’t, which is why it fell into my LIKED vs. my LOVED rating. I felt like a pendulum trying to decide, but in the end there were a few more negatives than positives. But it didn’t get close to my INDIFFERENT rating, so that should say how much I liked it. I couldn’t really summarize this as the story revolves around three characters all on their own mission that ended up overlapping one other. I’m afraid if I tried I’d accidentally give something away. So the book blurb is going to have to do. The world was nicely developed, in my opinion. I never felt cheated. Matter of fact, in the beginning there’s a lot thrown at you. And I never felt like it let up. Not in a cool way, but in a let’s-get-all-this-out-now way. Normally I can go along with info dumps when it’s worked into a dialog. That happened in a lot of places, but it was sooooo long that I ended up skipping, hoping I’d understand later. I did, so yay me and yay to Rowe for keeping it clear. The world, however, never came close to the amount we learned about the magic system. Some people are going to love it. For me—and keep in mind that I love love love magic—it was too much. Much like the world building, it felt long-winded and overcomplicated. I skimmed, and I fear I payed a price for that. I think if i would have been patient, some of it could have been more entertaining. I liked the writing for the most part. Action scenes were incredible. I had a clear picture of what was happening. Those scenes were the reason this didn’t get a lower rating. They were really nifty, particularly those with Taelien. There were some typos, enough that I noticed by not enough to ruin the book for me. Now, the reason I was enjoying this so much was the characters. Taelien was a badass, and his magic was by far my favorite. Manipulating metal might sound boring, but Rowe made it fun. Super fun! Taelien's got a lot to find out about himself, and he truly wants to be a good person. He’s an easy character to root for, especially with his adventurous personality and slightly blind bravery. Our heroine, Lydia, was nicely gifted, but her magical ability of gaining knowledge about stuff just wasn’t as enthralling as magic used in a fight. Even so, she was a tough gal, collected, curious, and strong in her own right. Never a damsel in distress. Our other protagonist, Jonan, used sight magic—making himself invisible, looking through mirrors, and so forth. I never got as good of a feel for him as I did the other two. I could never quite peg his intentions. Overall, I’d recommend this to those that like a traditional upbeat fantasy. It’s short and fun. Because of Taelien I’ll be picking up the second book. I’m curious about his story and where he’ll end up. ### ⭐⭐⭐ Great magic, terrible characters *by C***Y on March 21, 2015* Based on the kindle sample of this book, I was really expecting to like it. I didn’t. It wasn’t awful; I still finished it, and there were aspects of it that I thought were really well done. It had a lot of potential, the plot was captivating, the magic system and world building were interesting, and… the characters were just so poorly developed that it was hard to appreciate the rest of it. I hope that it won’t spoil anything to say that in this book, as in most books of this nature, there are points when the wellbeing of one or more characters is in jeopardy, and I think these parts of the book were nicely handled from a plot perspective, but they just served to underline in my mind how little I cared about any of the characters. I didn’t dislike them; I just didn’t care one way or the other. When they were in danger, I realized that if they all dropped dead I would not be the slightest bit bothered. There is one exception to this which I will discuss in a comment since I don’t know how to say what I want to say about that without spoiling anything. But basically I found it hard to care about the plot when I wasn’t attached to any of the people. On the other hand, I don’t regret buying this book. It served its purpose, which was to keep me somewhat entertained for the length of time it took to read it. And I believe it’s possible, based on reading some of the other reviews, that other people won’t have the same problems with the characters that I did. So I’m not necessarily recommending not buying the book, and in fact, if what you’re looking for is fun plot twists and well thought out magic, I would recommend buying it. I would like to disagree with some of the other reviewers on how similar this book is to Sanderson’s work. I would not come here looking for something Sanderson-esque. The only similarity that I can see is in the sort of magic system, but the writing styles feel very different to me, and I have never been disappointed in Sanderson’s characters. And of course, some of the other reviewers have pointed out the presence of grammatical errors/typos in this book. I would agree that they are there, but I did not find them jarring or particularly pronounced in comparison with a lot of the other kindle stuff in this price range. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.com.cy/products/102870208-forging-divinity-the-war-of-broken-mirrors-book-1](https://www.desertcart.com.cy/products/102870208-forging-divinity-the-war-of-broken-mirrors-book-1) --- *Product available on Desertcart Cyprus* *Store origin: CY* *Last updated: 2026-07-23*