false 565335 9 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&#8211;this time on the basis of universal freedom.<br><br>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. 3302611 book 12 6 2007 The War With the Mein (Book One of the Acacia Trilogy) total:291|5:65|4:115|3:84|2:19|1:8| 291 1083 629 80 4 2 false false Tue Aug 14 09:11:56 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 23 09:41:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 2 false false Thu Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 13:21:19 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 09:01:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 11 14:59:14 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 15:00:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 10:01:37 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 10:01:37 -0800 2009 David Anthony Durham, the author of three historical novels, envisions a fascinating, fully developed world in Acacia. He delves into great detail���explaining religious beliefs, political philosophies, even courting rituals���to draw the reader into his creation. Critics acknowledge the necessity o...

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The book begins following a royal family in a typical fantasy world (roughly equivalent to the pre-Rennaisance or Rennaisance period). I was a little worried at this point, because it seems that all fantasy books involve the coming-of-ag...more...]]> 1 2 false false Sun Nov 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 20:36:58 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 20:43:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 16:11:51 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 06:51:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 07:17:18 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 07:20:46 -0700 2009 All of the gems of plot devices went totally ignored. ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 15:41:23 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 15:50:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Aug 16 19:42:04 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 07:22:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 05:46:51 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 14:07:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 12 10:23:13 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 10:23:13 -0800 2009 1 2 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 11 16:27:33 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 16:35:50 -0700 2009
The story is told from multiple points of view. Normally, that doesn't bother me. But it wasn't until about chapter 8 that one of the charact...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 18:03:35 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 18:09:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 10:50:03 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 11:12:48 -0800 2009
A fantasy story set in the "Known World" with a variety of races, and cultures. At the beginning the king, a widower with fo...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 04 04:21:23 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 04:44:09 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Mar 27 07:28:36 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 07:31:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 12:18:54 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 23:37:53 -0700 2009 my previous read. There's fantastic characters, great worldbuilding, and most tellingly, I don't have the faintest clue how to write a review. (If I was a squeeing type, there would be squee.) Despite bei...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 07:08:33 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 10:01:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 27 15:27:37 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 15:40:10 -0700 2008 more...]]>