David Anthony Durham
Hardcover | Pages: 576 pages Rating: 3.56 | 8422 Users | 536 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Acacia: The War with the Mein |
| ISBN: | 0385506066 (ISBN13: 9780385506069) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.davidanthonydurham.com/novels/acacia.html |
| Series: | Acacia #1 |
| Characters: | Aliver Akaran, Leodan Akaran, Corinn Akaran, Mena Akaran, Dariel Akaran, Thaddeus Clegg, Hanish Mein, Maeander Mein |
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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 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.Particularize Of Books Acacia: The War with the Mein (Acacia #1)
| Title | : | Acacia: The War with the Mein (Acacia #1) |
| Author | : | David Anthony Durham |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 576 pages |
| Published | : | June 12th 2007 by Doubleday |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Epic Fantasy. High Fantasy. Science Fiction Fantasy. Science Fiction. Epic |
Rating Of Books Acacia: The War with the Mein (Acacia #1)
Ratings: 3.56 From 8422 Users | 536 ReviewsColumn Of Books Acacia: The War with the Mein (Acacia #1)
Crazy enough, I actually originally planned on giving this series a pass. There's just so much time and so little to read... or something like that.But then I read this review of the entire trilogy from a reviewer I highly trust and I decided I should give it a go after all. I'm so glad I didn't stick to the original plan.Acacia follows the Akaran family, the ruling family of the nation that is Acacia. King Leodan is a devoted and loving father to his four children, Aliver, Corinn, Mena, andI really enjoyed this book, and cannot understand why it has such a low rating. I am going to say something that will probably earn me a lot of derision... this book was loads better than Game of Thrones. I abbandoned Game of Thrones at around 85% because I just could not take anymore of it. The War with the Mein has many similarities to Game of Thrones in that each chapter is from a different point of view and in that it is quite political and the rise and fall of empires. But, where as in Game
Crazy enough, I actually originally planned on giving this series a pass. There's just so much time and so little to read... or something like that.But then I read this review of the entire trilogy from a reviewer I highly trust and I decided I should give it a go after all. I'm so glad I didn't stick to the original plan.Acacia follows the Akaran family, the ruling family of the nation that is Acacia. King Leodan is a devoted and loving father to his four children, Aliver, Corinn, Mena, and
Acacia: Book One: The War With the Mein is David Anthony Durham's "debut" of sorts into the fantasy genre. He creates a world rich with myths, legends, history, culture, and differing races striving to co-exist in Acacia, the designated center of the The Known World. This first book, The War With The Mein, opens with a Mein assassin journeying from the arctic ice lands of the North on a mission to avenge his people who felt they were denied their place as rulers of the The Known World and
I'm going to be lazy and direct my following to Ben's review of Acacia here. He covers much of what I would have written, though his reaction to the story was at least twice as enthusiastic as mine.I first attempted to read Acacia several years ago and don't believe I got past the first 50 pages or so. I succumbed to impulse at a library used-book sale and plunked down the 50 cents to get my own copy. I can see why I dropped it the first time around. The writing's "clunky." Durham has a tendency
If I wasn't having so much fun buddy reading this book with Cillian, I would've given up on it around half-way through XD Read in February, 2017
Legs on a snake.This is probably the closest thing I've read to a modern epic fantasy, played straight. But what use do we have for old-fashioned epic antics in modern fantasy? Nevermind what people often call "epic fantasy" these days. I'm talking about antics which wouldn't be out of place in songs about Charlemagne or something.But here Charlemagne's crew isn't hacking down infidel hordes. The antagonists make sense and treachery prevails. The author works (too) hard to paint his characters
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