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When Gabriel Lynch moves with his mother and brother from a brownstone in Baltimore to a dirt-floor hovel on a homestead in Kansas, he is not pleased. He does not dislike his new stepfather, a former slave, but he has no desire to submit to a life of drudgery and toil on the untamed prairie. So he joins up with a motley crew headed for Texas only to be sucked into an ever-westward wandering replete with a mindless violence he can neither abet ...

This epic retelling of the legendary Carthaginian military leader's assault on the Roman empire begins in Ancient Spain, where Hannibal Barca sets out with tens of thousands of soldiers and 30 elephants. After conquering the Roman city of Saguntum, Hannibal wages his campaign through the outposts of the empire, shrewdly befriending peoples disillusioned by Rome and, with dazzling tactics, outwitting the opponents who believe the land route he ...

David Anthony Durham has serious chops. I can't wait to read whatever he writes next." -George R. R. Martin David Anthony Durham's gripping Acacia Trilogy continues with an epic novel where loyalties are tested, new worlds are discovered, and battle lines are being drawn. A few years have passed since Queen Corinn has usurped control of the Known World-and she now rules with an iron fist. With plans to expand her empire, she sends her broth...

It is one of the most storied uprisings of classical times. Spartacus, the visionary captive and gladiator, used his toughness and charisma turn a prison break into a revolt that would threaten the Roman empire. Now, with verve and intelligence, David Anthony Durham brings us a thrilling retelling that gives voice not only to Spartacus himself, but also Astera, Spartacus's oracle consort, Nonus, a Roman soldier working both sides of the confli...

En el corazón del Imperio de Acacia se halla su rey Leodan Akaran, que dirige el llamado Mundo Conocido. Los acacianos han creado un país rico y próspero que ha construido su riqueza sobre el esclavismo y la venta de parte de su población infantil a Lothan Aklun, quien rige un imperio más amplio y poderoso que la misma Acacia. A cambio, reciben una droga que pacifica a sus consumidores de manera que nunca sean capaces de desarrollar la fuerza ...

Durham offers the thrilling new installment in the ambitious Acacia trilogy, praised by the "Washington Post" as "gripping and sophisticated.

David Anthony Durham presents the thrilling new installment in his ambitious Acacia trilogy, which has been praised by the Washington Post as "gripping and sophisticated.

David Anthony Durham has serious chops. I can't wait to read whatever he writes next." -George R. R. Martin Welcome to Acacia . . . Born into generations of prosperity, the four royal children of the Akaran dynasty know little of the world outside their opulent island paradise. But when an assassin strikes at the heart of their power, their lives are changed forever. Forced to flee to distant corners and separated against their will, the ...

Una fascinante novela sobre Aníbal Barca y la lucha entre romanos y cartagineses en el siglo II a. C. La historia arranca en España, en pleno imperio cartaginés, y se adentra después en la campaña de Aníbal y su ejército para atacar Roma por una complicada vía terrestre. Una trama que combina un lenguaje muy elegante y unos personajes bien retratados y polifacéticos, entre los que destaca Aníbal, que es abordado como general y como hombre de f...

When he learns that his pregnant wife has been spirited off to a distant city, William responds as any man might—he drops everything to pursue her. But as a fugitive slave in Antebellum America, he must run a terrifying gauntlet, eluding the many who would re-enslave him while learning to trust the few who dare to aid him on his quest. Among those hunting William is Morrison, a Scot who as a young man fled the miseries of his homeland only to ...