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Acacia

Book One: The War With the Mein (Acacia)

By David Anthony Durham

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| Hardcover | 9780385506069

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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. A widower of high intelligence, he presides over an empire called Acacia, after the idyllic island from which he rules. He dotes on his four children and hides from thContinue

Leodan Akaran, ruler of the Known World, has inherited generations of apparent peace and prosperity, won ages ago by his ancestors. A widower of high intelligence, he presides over an empire called Acacia, after the idyllic island from which he rules. 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. He hopes that he might change this, but powerful forces stand in his way. And then a deadly assassin sent from a race called the Mein, exiled long ago to an ice-locked stronghold in the frozen north, strikes at Leodan in the heart of Acacia while they unleash surprise attacks across the empire. On his deathbed, Leodan puts into play a plan to allow his children to escape, each to their separate destiny. And so his children begin a quest to avenge their father's death and restore the Acacian empire–this time on the basis of universal freedom.

ACACIA is a thrilling work of literary imagination that creates an all-enveloping and mythic world that will carry readers away. It is a timeless tale of heroism and betrayal, of treachery and revenge, of primal wrongs and ultimate redemption. David Durham has reimagined the epic narrative for our time in a book that will surely mark his breakthrough to a wide audience.

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  • Bookreporter.com - ACACIA: Book One – The War with the Mein by David Anthony Durham

    Leodan Akaran is the 22nd Akaran lord to preside over an era of peace. The citizens of his empire, Acacia, are pawns and don't even know it. They are subjugated and sold to obtain a drug that keeps the people from realizing their own fate. On the bac ... (read full critics)

    bookreporter published on Thu, 2 Sep 2010

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 592 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0385506066
  • ISBN-13: 9780385506069
  • Publisher: Doubleday
  • Pub date: Jun 12, 2007
  • Dimensions: 1548 mm x 1097 mm x 258 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Others and eBook
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