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The Mansions of Idumea (Forest at the Edge) Paperback – April 12, 2014

by Trish Mercer (Author)
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 131 ratings
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Lieutenant Colonel Perrin Shin is not happy. Not happy about the changes he's seen in Edge since he arrived sixteen years ago. Not about his daughter and son turning into teenagers. And certainly not about the Guarders turning the village teens into thieves, or the world not noticing anything but the latest entertainment. Which also means no one’s noticing the ever-tightening control of Chairman Mal and the Administrators. While Perrin and Mahrree notice, as does their claimed brother Shem Zenos, there's nothing that two soldiers and a school teacher can do about those who rule the world. So when a disaster hits Edge and half of the world, then Perrin receives an urgent message demanding that he return immediately to Idumea--Well, he’s not sure what's worse: the fact that he has to leave his village that desperately needs him in order to face the government he hates, or that his wife and children are going with him. Part fantasy, part adventure, part humor, part romance, part mystery all equates to a wholly entertaining and unique family saga. Forest at the Edge Series--you've never read anything like this before.
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  1. Book 3 of 8
    Forest at the Edge
  2. Print length
    598 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publication date
    April 12, 2014
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 1.35 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1497494060
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1497494060
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (April 12, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 598 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1497494060
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1497494060
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.18 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.35 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 131 ratings

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Trish Mercer

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Trish Strebel Mercer has been teaching writing, or editing graduate papers, or changing diapers since the early 1990's. She earned a BA in English from Brigham Young University and an MA in Composition Theory and Rhetoric from Utah State University. She and her husband David have nine children (and now adding grandchildren) and have raised them in Utah, Idaho, Maryland, Virginia, and South Carolina. Currently they live in rural Maine and dream of the day they will be old enough to be campground managers in Yellowstone National Park.

Visit forestedgebooks.com for updates, maps, character lists, and the odd photo or two.

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BookLoverExtraordinaire
5.0 out of 5 stars Great series!
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2017
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I enjoy checking out new authors' work and was attracted to this series due to the great reviews and the fact that three out of the five books were free at the time. That prompted me to buy the other two for a couple dollars each as I figured it was great opportunity to take a chance on a series I was unfamiliar with.

I was truly amazed at the character development. I felt I knew every character. The author illustrated everything--suspense, excitement, happiness, sadness--running the gamut of emotions that really made me feel them. Reading all five books in order really painted a more complete, in-depth picture. I'm so glad I got all five at once because once I was finished with one book, I couldn't wait to move on to the next. I fell in love with the family, their extended family, and the utopian lifestyle. If only we still lived like that. I wanted to leave my life, as great as it is, and jump into that utopia.

I can't wait until book 6 is finished. At this point I'd likely pay just about anything for it, they are truly that good!
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F. Thompson
5.0 out of 5 stars Pulled into another world.
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2016
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I just finished the third book from The Forest at the Edge series, and I think this is becoming one of my favorite series. The funny thing is that I can't point to one single aspect about the books - but in a good way. There is not an overwhelming amount of action, but there's just enough. The world is just different enough to keep me figuring things out, but familiar enough that it's comfortable. The characters are amazing and the humor is so subtly done. And I'm hooked with the storyline because I can't quite figure out where it's going or how it may get to where i think it might be going. And among the story, there are little 'words of wisdom' that I think could have come from The Writings themselves. Prepare to be pulled into a world and meet characters that I think may be hard to say goodbye to...
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icdbeez
4.0 out of 5 stars Another Excellent Addition to the Series
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2014
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This is the third book in the Forest at the Edge series, and they must be read in order to make any type of sense. This. book starts fourteen years after the second book, and Perrin is now a Lieutenant Colonel and Mahrree is teaching the incorrigible boys from full school.

A horrible tremor occurs across all the lands, including Edge, but especially the outlying villages, enough so that houses are knocked down, people are killed, and food is hard to come by. High General Shin goes missing for five days until his wife leads the search party to find him. He was almost killed. His son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren from Edge come to visit, and this gives the Administrators a good look at both Perrin and Mahrree, whom they have been compiling information on, and trying to kill for years.

Two things are abundantly clear, the Administrators live like the King's of old and don't care at all about the people - even wiping out an entire town is acceptable if those people aren't wealthy. They are truly amoral and evil. The other thing that becomes clear is that the Guarders in black are just criminals being paid by people in the political system to get revenge or to control others. So it is true, Guarders do live among them. The thing is, these people really aren't true Guarders. The real Guarders are completely different. There is a prophecy involved, as well as the Creator, and a different way of life.

The characters as always are wonderful. We finally get to see the real High General Relf Shin. He has a wicked sense of humor, is a devious old man, and is a great father and grandfather. Hycymum finally gets to use her plaid, and almost makes a play for Uncle Shem, who is way younger than her. She is one of my favorites. Jaytsy is now almost fifteen, smart as a whip and beautiful. Peto is thirteen and wants no part of a soldier's life. Mr. Hegek is a mouse with common sense. Poe Hill came back! They are great characters with human qualities that are so very familiar from friends and neighbors that by the third book you almost feel like you have met them before.

In this book both Perrin and Mahrree get tested by both mental and physical challenges and heartbreak. There was at least some divine retribution, which was quite funny. The ending was rather sad, and I wonder how much more Perrin can handle before losing it, or Mahrree telling him about her forest excursion so that they can see those ruins.

While there is less action in this book, there is more tension, as the playing field switches to the Capitol city of Idumea, where all the Administrators and their henchmen reside to further their planned and unplanned skullduggery and call it research. There are many hidden potholes waiting for the Shins, but they manage to get out of most of them, with the exception of some whoppers at the beginning and the end.

Bottom Line: This was a mature work, and as a third book in a series, showed seriousness in the plot and significant growth on the part of both protagonists. It is an epic fantasy in scope and in depth of the intelligent discourse. I can't wait for the next book to come out. Highly Recommended...
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most awesome series!
Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2016
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FUN read!!!!! Heads up to those of you who have a Kindle... An LDS author named Trish Mercer has all of her 4 books free for Kindle users, & they're awesome! She is writing a long series (the pic shows her latest), & they are SO fun, yet deal with things we're seeing in the last days... government tyranny & bullying, anti-Christianity & the importance of having the Creator in our lives, apathy & mindlessness of the masses, men's hearts failing them... those kinds of things. Fun, fun read, but done in such a way that teens & older are woken up as to what's happening in our world today... It's awesome, & I'm so eager for the next one to come out! These are so good that I want my kids & husband to read them, so I've ordered them in regular book form!
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Douglas Clutterbuck
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome series
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2014
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I've never written a review before, but felt compelled with this series.

I found these three books on my kindle (no idea when I got them or why to be honest, I suspect as part of a free offer), but started to read them with absolutely no expectations.

That was 4 days ago.

I just could not put any of them down.

I love the moral dilemmas the characters are faced with, and the veiled commentary on modern times which makes me (and hopefully the rest of us) question the things we believe we "know".

Sure there are grammar & spelling mistakes, but to be honest, nothing that detracts from enjoying the books (unless you're a grammar nazi, in which case, why are you even reading self published books.

I am now anxiously awaiting the release of the next book (and the many to come afterwards I hope).
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Bethany Cousins
5.0 out of 5 stars Emotional and Brilliant
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2018
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This book series has captured my heart quite fiercely. Trish Mercer has created absolutely brilliant characters, and they only get deeper and better as the narratives continue. Her talent for writing is one of the best I’ve read; reducing me to tears and then making me laugh out loud less than two pages later. This cycle repeated itself an unadmittable amount of times during this book, possibly the most emotionally-consuming of them yet.
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