Acacia: The War with the Mein – David Anthony Durham

Hardcover
Pages: 592
Publisher: Doubleday
Release Date: June 12, 2007
ISBN-10: 0385506066
ISBN-13: 978-0385506069

Several posts ago I wrote a review for Patrick Rothfuss’ The Name of the Wind, a book that I was very confident would be the fantasy debut of the year… now, I’m not so sure!

David Anthony Durham, an acclaimed Historical Fiction writer, but a newbie to the fantasy genre, has recently stormed into the genre with a book, Acacia: The War with the Mein, a novel that is as different from Rothfuss’ debut as night is from day. Where Rothfuss’ novel was a small, contained and intense look at the life of one character’s experiences, Acacia: The War with the Mein is a sprawling epic recounting the struggles of numerous characters and the empire in which they live.
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