- Fantasy, Fiction, Magic, Fiction, fantasy, epic
The bestselling historical novelist turns to epic fantasy with a powerful story of treachery, murder and revenge...Ruling from the island of Acacia, the emperor of the Known World has inherited an apparent peace and prosperity won by his ancestors generations ago.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and epic.
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- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- David Anthony Durham
- First published
- 2007
- Pages
- 576
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Ediciones B, Transworld
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781407056197
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