Acacia: The War With The Mein
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Acacia: The War With The Mein is a 2007 novel by American author David Anthony Durham. It marks his first foray into fantasy, although the material has the dark complexity of his other works, most notably the historical novel, Pride of Carthage.
[edit] Publication Details
- Written by David Anthony Durham
- First published: Doubleday, United States, 2007.
- Also to be published in translation in German.
[edit] Plot Summary
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. His children begin a quest to avenge their father's death and restore the Acacian empire–this time on the basis of universal freedom.
