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Acacia : The Acacia Trilogy, Book One by David Anthony Durham (2008, Mass Market)
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Leodan Akaran, ruler of the Known World, has inherited generations of apparent peace and prosperity, won ages ago by his ancestors. He dotes on his four children and hides from them the dark realities of traffic in drugs and human lives on which their prosperity depends.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100385722524
ISBN-139780385722520
eBay Product ID (ePID)64347950
Product Key Features
Book TitleAcacia : the Acacia Trilogy, Book One
Number of Pages768 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2008
TopicThrillers / Supernatural, Action & Adventure, Fantasy / Epic
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorDavid Anthony Durham
Book SeriesAcacia Trilogy Ser.
FormatMass Market
Dimensions
Item Height1.6 in
Item Weight12.6 Oz
Item Length6.9 in
Item Width4.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"A big, fat, rich piece of history-flavored fantasy…. Imagined with remarkable thoroughness." -Time "Thrilling…. Durham's new world-like our old one-is crawling with wickedly fascinating characters." -Entertainment Weekly "A truly epic fantasy…. Superbly written." -Fantasy Magazine "A first glimpse of a fascinating world." -USA Today, "Historical fiction writer Durham successfully turns to epic fantasy in a series opener that combines the moral ambiguity and brutality of George R.R. Martin'sSong of Ice and Firewith Guy Gavriel Kay's emotional sweep and Ursula K. Le Guin's ethnic diversity." -Library Journal Praise forPride of Carthage "Durham vividly captures the frenzy of ancient warfare-battle-maddened pachyderms, hails of javelins and arrows, ordered ranks of Roman light infantry crumbling before Hannibal's mercenary army of ''copper-skinned'' Libyans, tattooed and dreadlocked Numidians and blond, blood-drinking Gauls. 'The world is cruel,' Durham's Hannibal proclaims, and it is." -The New York Times "Stunning…Durham [is a] master of persuasion and imagination. A brilliant exploration of the tension between private destiny and historical force." -Christian Science Monitor "Masterly…Durham has delivered some of the best battle scenes on the page since Michael Shaara's Civil War fiction." -San Francisco Chronicle "Durham leaps continents and centuries to tell the epic story of Hannibal and his march on Rome in this heady, richly textured novel. . . . The novel's grand sweep is balanced by intimate portraits of Hannibal, his family, his allies and his enemies." -Publishers Weekly(starred review) "Treachery in the throne room, princes in hiding, ancestors reaching from beyond the grave, wars of succession-this is a novel that Shakespeare would have loved. David Anthony Durham is rebuilding epic fantasy from the ground up. There are books that you visit for a vacation, and then there are books that you live in. Get ready to have your mail forwarded to Acacia." -James Patrick Kelly, Hugo Award winner, Praise for David Anthony Durham and The Acacia Trilogy: "A fascinating world." - USA Today "A big, fat, rich piece of history-flavored fantasy. . . . Imagined with remarkable thoroughness." - Time "Gripping. . . . From the first pages of Acacia , Durham demonstrates that he is a master of the fantasy epic." - The Washington Post Book World "Thrilling. . . . Durham's new world-like our old one-is crawling with wickedly fascinating characters." - Entertainment Weekly "Transcendent. . . . As fantasy epics go, the 'Acacia' trilogy is a direct and worthy descendant of Tolkien." - Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star "A truly epic fantasy . . . Superbly written." - Fantasy Magazine "Something genuinely new. . . . Strong echoes of Homer and Virgil, Tolkien, Norse mythology's Twilight of the Gods and America's compromised history as a republic built on slavery fuse into an enthralling, literate and increasingly suspenseful narrative." - Kirkus Reviews (starred) "Never lets up. . . . A very tasty fantasy stew." - San Jose Mercury News "Extraordinary. . . . One of the best books, fantasy or otherwise . . . in recent memory." - Free-Lance Star "Excellent. . . . A multi-layered, page-turning series that pushes the envelope of epic fantasy." - Contra Costa Times, "Gripping.... Durham is a master of the fantasy epic." The Washington Post Book World "A big, fat, rich piece of history-flavored fantasy.... Imagined with remarkable thoroughness." Time "Thrilling.... Durham's new world-like our old one-is crawling with wickedly fascinating characters." Entertainment Weekly "A truly epic fantasy.... Superbly written." Fantasy Magazine "A first glimpse of a fascinating world." USA Today, Praise for David Anthony Durham and The Acacia Trilogy: "A fascinating world." -- USA Today "A big, fat, rich piece of history-flavored fantasy. . . . Imagined with remarkable thoroughness." -- Time "Gripping. . . . From the first pages of Acacia , Durham demonstrates that he is a master of the fantasy epic." -- The Washington Post Book World "Thrilling. . . . Durham's new world--like our old one--is crawling with wickedly fascinating characters." -- Entertainment Weekly "Transcendent. . . . As fantasy epics go, the 'Acacia' trilogy is a direct and worthy descendant of Tolkien." -- Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star "A truly epic fantasy . . . Superbly written." -- Fantasy Magazine "Something genuinely new. . . . Strong echoes of Homer and Virgil, Tolkien, Norse mythology's Twilight of the Gods and America's compromised history as a republic built on slavery fuse into an enthralling, literate and increasingly suspenseful narrative." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred) "Never lets up. . . . A very tasty fantasy stew." -- San Jose Mercury News "Extraordinary. . . . One of the best books, fantasy or otherwise . . . in recent memory." -- Free-Lance Star, "Gripping…. Durham is a master of the fantasy epic." -The Washington Post Book World "A big, fat, rich piece of history-flavored fantasy…. Imagined with remarkable thoroughness." -Time "Thrilling…. Durham's new world-like our old one-is crawling with wickedly fascinating characters." -Entertainment Weekly "A truly epic fantasy…. Superbly written." -Fantasy Magazine "A first glimpse of a fascinating world." -USA Today
Dewey Edition22
Series Volume Number1
Dewey Decimal813.6
Synopsis"David Anthony Durham has serious chops. I can't wait to read whatever he writes next." --George R. R. Martin Welcome to Acacia . . . Born into generations of prosperity, the four royal children of the Akaran dynasty know little of the world outside their opulent island paradise. But when an assassin strikes at the heart of their power, their lives are changed forever. Forced to flee to distant corners and separated against their will, the children must navigate a web of hidden allegiances, ancient magic, foreign invaders, and illicit trade that will challenge their very notion of who they are. As they come to understand their true purpose in life, the fate of the world lies in their hands.
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