The Other Lands
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, Daniel, on an exploratory mission to the Other Lands. There Daniel discovers a lush, exotic mainland ruled...
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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, Daniel, on an exploratory mission to the Other Lands. There Daniel discovers a lush, exotic mainland ruled by an alliance of tribes that poses a grave danger to the stability of the Known World. Is Queen Corinn strong enough to face this new challenge? Fans of this bold, imaginative series will not be disappointed in the answer.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780385523325 (0385523327)
Publish date: September 15th 2009
Publisher: Doubleday
Pages no: 464
Edition language: English
Series: Acacia (#2)
In addition to "The Other Lands," Durham introduces more point-of-view characters in this follow-up to Acacia. He has a disturbing/clever way of making nearly all of them sympathetic, even the villains and those working at cross purposes, but DAMN some bad decisions are being made. I'm afraid for th...
I find this author's writing really compelling. He has fantastic, incredibly complex, human characters and in general I have difficulty putting his books down. I would say he does have a few too many characters, though. I admit I have very little interest in reading about Sire Dagon. I want more of ...