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The Other Lands

David Anthony Durham author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Transworld Publishers Ltd

Published:22nd Jul '10

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Sequel to the acclaimed award-winning epic fantasy Acacia: The War with the Mein

A victorious Corinn Akaran reigns over the Acacian Empire of the Known World. Disturbing news reaches her court from the mysterious Other Lands and Corinn dispatches her brother, Dariel, as her emissary across the uncharted seas of the Grey Slopes.The apocalyptic struggle against the Mein has ended. A victorious Corinn Akaran reigns over the Acacian Empire of the Known World. Bolstered by her mastery of the sorcerous powers contained in the Book of Elenet, she rules with an iron hand. And rebuilding a war-weary empire is not easy. Disturbing news reaches her court from the mysterious Other Lands and Corinn dispatches her brother, Dariel, as her emissary across the uncharted seas of the Grey Slopes. From the moment he sets foot on that distant continent, this former brigand is caught up in a web of ancient rivalries, resentments, intrigue and burgeoning treachery. His arrival ignites a firestorm that once more threatens the Known World with invasion - one that will surely dwarf anything his homeland had yet faced. It seems the wheel turns again, and a new cycle of world-shattering and shaping events is about to begin...

Durham combines sharp political manoeuvering with some breathtaking action sequences and equally sharp prose. He writes with great clarity. sweeping you up in the grandeur of his epic vision * SFX magazine *
Following in the footsteps of George R. R. Martin...a riveting and thought-provoking read * REALMS OF FANTASY magazine *
A big, fat, rich piece of history-flavoured fantasy...imagined with remarkable thoroughness * TIME magazine *

ISBN: 9780553819687

Dimensions: 198mm x 127mm x 36mm

Weight: 410g

608 pages