# Acacia

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- Book: [Acacia](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-anthony-durham/acacia) ([Acacia.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-anthony-durham/acacia.md))
- Authors: [David Anthony Durham](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-anthony-durham)
- Publisher: bantam
- ISBN: 978-05-5381-967-0
- Pages: 688
- Published: 2009-03-26
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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. He's an intelligent man, a widower who dotes on his four children and it is this devotion that obliges him to hide a terrible secret from them: that their prosperity rests on the dark realities of trafficking in drugs and human lives. A man of integrity, he hopes that he might bring an end to this vile trade, but powerful forces stand in his way. And then an assassin strikes, a lone killer sent by the Mein, an ancient foe long ago exiled to the frozen north. Now the Mein have returned to take revenge on their old enemy and begin a series of brutal surprise assaults on Acacia. Mortally wounded, the emperor puts into play a plan that will allow his children to escape, to fulfil their destinies. And so begins a quest to avenge a father's death and restore an empire - this time on the basis of universal freedom...