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The Other Lands
Book Two of the Acacia Trilogy
Written by David Anthony Durham


Format: Hardcover, 480 pages
Publisher: Doubleday
On Sale: September 15, 2009
Price: $28.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-52332-5 (0-385-52332-7)

The thrilling new installment in the ambitious Acacia trilogy, praised by the Washington Post as “gripping and sophisticated.”

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... Read more >
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Acacia
Book One: The War with the Mein
Written by David Anthony Durham


Format: Paperback, 768 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: August 26, 2008
Price: $7.99
ISBN: 978-0-385-72252-0 (0-385-72252-4)

Born into generations of prosperity, the four royal children of the Akaran dynasty know little of the world outside their opulent island paradise. But when an assassin strikes at the heart of their power, their lives are changed forever.

Forced to flee to distant corners and separated against their will, the... Read more >
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Acacia
Book One: The War With the Mein
Written by David Anthony Durham


Format: Hardcover, 592 pages
Publisher: Doubleday
On Sale: June 12, 2007
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-50606-9 (0-385-50606-6)

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... Read more >
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Pride of Carthage

Written by David Anthony Durham


Format: Trade Paperback, 592 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: January 3, 2006
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-72249-0 (0-385-72249-4)

An epic work of literary fiction about the superb military leader of Carthage, Hannibal Barca, and his struggle against the mighty Roman Republic.

With a vast cast of characters and nationalities, twists of fate, and tales of inspired leadership, David Anthony Durham perfectly captures the legendary Hannibal's world in Pride of Carthage... Read more >
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Walk Through Darkness

Written by David Anthony Durham


Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: August 12, 2003
Price: $13.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-72036-6 (0-385-72036-X)

When he learns that his pregnant wife has been spirited off to a distant city, William responds as any man might—he drops everything to pursue her. But as a fugitive slave in Antebellum America, he must run a terrifying gauntlet, eluding the many who would re-enslave him while learning to trust... Read more >
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Gabriel's Story
A Novel
Written by David Anthony Durham


Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: April 30, 2002
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-72033-5 (0-385-72033-5)

When Gabriel Lynch moves with his mother and brother from a brownstone in Baltimore to a dirt-floor hovel on a homestead in Kansas, he is not pleased. He does not dislike his new stepfather, a former slave, but he has no desire to submit to a life of drudgery and toil... Read more >
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