Part of Series
Um império com perigosos aliados e demasiados inimigos. Quatro príncipes determinados a cumprir um destino. Uma rede de intrigas que atravessa gerações. Manter o trono de Acácia poderá revelar-se uma tarefa fatal. Corinn Akaran é a senhora suprema do Império Acaciano do Mundo Conhecido, e o poder parece suavizá-la, até mesmo fazê-la ceder aos jogos do amor. Mas, por todo o lado fervilha a traição e multiplicam-se as conspirações para a derrubar: dos seus alegados aliados numrek até às intrigas em torno da filha de Aliver, Shen, enquanto, do outro lado do mundo, um exército gigantesco se prepara para marchar sobre o Mundo Conhecido e a Liga dos Navios continua a jogar em dois perigosos tabuleiros, disposta a jurar servir qualquer senhor, desde que esse senhor sirva os seus próprios interesses. Corinn nem pode contar com a sua própria família: a irmã Mena esconde-lhe segredos e Dariel, prisioneiro das Crianças Divinas, vai enfrentar uma aventura - novamente contra a Liga dos Navios - que o transformará no corpo e no espírito. Mas Corinn aprendeu a lutar, e não vai hesitar em chamar a si todos os aliados que conseguir, até mesmo aqueles que ninguém imaginava que um dia pudessem voltar.
Author
David Anthony Durham was born in New York City to parents of Caribbean descent. He grew up mostly in Maryland, but has spent the last fifteen years on the move, jumping from East to West Coast to the Rocky Mountains, and back and forth to Scotland and France several times. He currently lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. Or... actually, no he doesn't. He's back in New England at the moment. He is the author of a trilogy of fantasy novels set in Acacia: The Sacred Band, The Other Lands, and The War With The Mein, as well as the historical novels The Risen, Pride of Carthage, Walk Through Darkness, and Gabriel’s Story. He’s won the John W Campbell Award for Best New Writer, a Legacy Award, was a Finalist for the Prix Imaginales and has twice had his books named NY Times Notable Book of the year. His novels have been published in the UK and in French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish and Swedish. Three of his novels have been optioned for development as feature films. David received an M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Maryland. He has taught at the University of Maryland, the University of Massachusetts, The Colorado College, for the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation, Cal State University, and at Hampshire College. He's currently on the faculty of the Stonecoast MFA Program. He reviews for The Washington Post and The Raleigh News & Observer, and has served as a judge for the Pen/Faulkner Awards. He also writes in George RR Martin's weird and wonderful Wild Cards universe. He feels like the process makes him exercise a whole new set of creative muscles, and he loves the feeling.
