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The Other Lands by David Anthony Durham

The Other Lands

Book Two of the Acacia Trilogy

by David Anthony Durham

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  • Sep 2009, 480 pages
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A few years have passed since the conquering of the Mein, and Queen Corinn is firmly in control of the Known World - perhaps too firmly. With plans to expand her empire, she sends her brother, Daniel, on an exploratory mission to the Other Lands. There Daniel discovers a lush, exotic mainland ruled by an alliance of tribes that poses a grave danger to the stability of the Known World. Is Queen Corinn strong enough to face this new challenge? Readers of this bold, imaginative sequel will not be disappointed in the answer.

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The power and originality of Durham's impressive fantasy debut...isn't quite matched by this sequel....[the] plot elements...are standard fare." - Publishers Weekly

Reviews of Book 1: Acacia: The War with the Mein
"A big, fat, rich piece of history-flavored fantasy. . . . Imagined with remarkable thoroughness." - Time

"A novel of large impact, as radical a rewriting of George R. R. Martin as Martin himself has performed on Tolkien." - Locus

"Thrilling. . . . Durham's new world - like our old one - is crawling with wickedly fascinating [characters]." —Entertainment Weekly

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David Anthony Durham Author Biography

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David Anthony Durham (born 1969) is an American novelist, author of historical fiction and fantasy. The child of parents of Caribbean ancestry, he grew up in Maryland. He has also lived in the United Kingdom and France, where he wrote his first novel.

Durham's first novel, Gabriel's Story, centered on African American settlers in the American West. Walk Through Darkness followed a runaway slave during the tense times leading up to the American Civil War. Pride of Carthage focused on Hannibal Barca of Ancient Carthage and his war with the Roman Republic.

He has won two awards from the American Library Association, and his novels have been translated into eight foreign languages. Gabriel's Story, Walk Through Darkness and Acacia: The War with the Mein are all in development as feature films....

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