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David Anthony Durham

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David Anthony Durham was born in New York City to parents of Caribbean descent. He grew up mostly in Maryland, but has spent the last fifteen years on the move, jumping from East to West Coast to the Rocky Mountains, and back and forth to Scotland and France several times. He’s married to a Scot that’s just as restless as he is, though they claim they’re settling down in Western Massachusetts after one more move…

He is the author of a trilogy of fantasy novels set in Acacia: The Sacred Band, The Other Lands, and The War With The Mein, as well as the historical novels Pride of Carthage, Walk Through Darkness, and Gabriel’s Story. He’s won the John W Campbell Award for Best New Writer, a Legacy Award, was a Finalist for the Prix Imaginales and...more


This is my 1,000 blog post! It's a short one, as I'm traveling.

I'm in France as one of the international guest of the Imaginales book festival! Yay!

Very pleased to be back for a second time.

Here's the festival's site if you'd like to know more about it. read more »
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Published on May 30, 2012 10:38
Average rating: 3.65 · 3,372 ratings · 449 reviews · 9 distinct works
Acacia: The War with the Me...
3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 1,950 ratings — published 2007 — 20 editions
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The Other Lands (Acacia, #2)
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 663 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions
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Pride of Carthage
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 314 ratings — published 2005 — 11 editions
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The Sacred Band (Acacia, #3)
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 262 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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Gabriel's Story: A Novel
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 2001 — 7 editions
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Walk Through Darkness
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions
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Acácia - Ventos do Norte
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3.39 of 5 stars 3.39 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2007
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Acácia - Presságios de Inverno
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2007
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The Song of Souls
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Acacia: The War with the Mein The Other Lands The Sacred Band
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Rubicon by Tom Holland
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The Punic Wars by Adrian Goldsworthy
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Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars 359 BC to 146 BC by Duncan Head
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Cannae by Gregory Daly
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More of David's books…
“Revenge is the easiest of emotions to understand and to manipulate.”
David Anthony Durham, Acacia: The War with the Mein

“You've got to understand that the world's full of men who are little better than animals.... Problem is that a man is different from an animal. In the quiet afterward we know when we've done wrong.”
David Anthony Durham, Acacia: The War with the Mein

“I sleep lightly and tread to keep my head out of the sea of dreams.”
David Anthony Durham, Acacia: The War with the Mein

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