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The Sacred Band

Acacia Trilogy #3 / 3
by David Anthony Durham
The Sacred Band (Acacia Trilogy #3) by David Anthony Durham
★ 9.26 / 4
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From a “master of the fantasy epic” (Washington Post), the thrilling final installment in this gripping fantasy/adventure saga

With the first two books in the Acacia Trilogy, Acacia and The Other Lands, David Anthony Durham created a vast and engrossing vision of a world in turmoil, and of the surviving children of a royal dynasty on quests to realize their fates - and perhaps right ancient wrongs once and for all.

As The Sacred Band begins, one of them, Queen Corinn, bestrides the world with her mastery of spells found in The Song of Elenet. Her younger brother, Dariel, becomes a mythic figure in the Other Lands, while her sister Mena travels to the far noth to confront an invasion from a brutal race intent on conquering the Known World. Their separate trajectories converge in several tumultuous battles, all rendered with vivid detail and in heroic scale.

David Anthony Durham concludes his award-winning tale of empires in collision in grand style, with a historian's eye for detail, Shakespearean complexity, and a unique vision of a fantastical world.

“Provides the best of both worlds: epic world-changing conflict and touching character-centered story. What else could you possibly want?” - Patrick Rothfuss

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FantasyEpic FantasyHigh Fantasy
Release date: October 2, 2011

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David Anthony Durham

David Anthony Durham

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...

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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 has twice had his books named NY Times Notable Book of the year. His novels have been published in the UK and in French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish and Swedish. Three of his novels have been optioned for development as feature films.

Don’t hold it against him, but David received an M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Maryland. He has taught at the University of Maryland, the University of Massachusetts, The Colorado College, for the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation, Cal State University, and at Hampshire College. He reviews for The Washington Post and The Raleigh News & Observer, and has served as a judge for the Pen/Faulkner Awards.

He also writes in George R. R. Martin's weird and wonderful Wild Cards universe. He feels like the process makes him exercise a whole new set of creative muscles, and he loves the feeling.

Acacia Trilogy

Acacia Trilogy consists of three books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

Acacia: The War with the Mein (Acacia Trilogy #1)
★ 7.00 / 9
The Other Lands (Acacia Trilogy #2)
★ 9.00 / 4
The Sacred Band (Acacia Trilogy #3)
★ 9.26 / 4


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