{"id":3709,"date":"2026-01-03T23:44:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T23:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/the-acacia-trilogy-02-the-sacred-band-durham-david-anthony\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T23:44:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T23:44:28","slug":"the-acacia-trilogy-02-the-sacred-band-durham-david-anthony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/the-acacia-trilogy-02-the-sacred-band-durham-david-anthony\/","title":{"rendered":"The Acacia Trilogy 02 &#8211; The Sacred Band &#8211; Durham, David Anthony"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='book-preview'>\n<h3>Book Preview<\/h3>\n<p class=\"calibre23\"><span class=\"calibre24\"><span class=\"calibre25\">T<\/span><\/span><span class=\"italic\">he Other Lands<\/span>, the second book of the Acacia trilogy, begins with a prologue that dates back to the time of Hanish Mein\u2019s rule. League slavers have caught the twins M\u00f3r and Ravi, in a mass roundup of quota children. On a remote beach in rural Candovia, Ravi tries to stir the other youths into rebellion. When he is captured, a leagueman spares his life, saying that a different fate awaits him\u2014and his soul\u2014in the Other Lands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"calibre26\">The story proper begins some nine years after the events in <span class=\"italic\">Acacia: The War with the Mein<\/span>. Corinn Akaran, now the undisputed queen of Acacia, keeps tight control of her power. She trusts few people beyond her assistant, Rhrenna, a Meinish woman she had been friendly with during Hanish Mein\u2019s reign. Corinn has commissioned experiments on a new distillation of the mist\u2014called the vintage\u2014that can be added to wine. The vintage is being created in partnership with the league, which she appeased after Hanish\u2019s war. She has let them expand their operations on the Outer Isles. The league is now running those islands like a private fiefdom, with the aim of producing quota children on large plantations. Outside of the duties of her office, Corinn has a softer, more maternal side. She dotes on her eight-year-old son, Aaden. He is the only one who knows Corinn is studying <span class=\"italic\">The Song of Elenet<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr style='margin: 30px 0; border-top: 1px solid #eee;'>\n<p style='text-align:center;'>Read the full book by downloading it below.<\/p>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/download-is-starting\/?url=https%3A\/\/mega.co.nz\/%23%21E5J3AJYb%21IF7vaBcK6egKwcoqrxZ12CIQ-s1sD8CsOiIVlz_o1w8' class='download-btn' target='_blank'>DOWNLOAD EPUB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Book Preview The Other Lands, the second book of the Acacia trilogy, begins with a prologue that dates back to the time of Hanish Mein\u2019s rule. League slavers have caught the twins M\u00f3r and Ravi, in a mass roundup of quota children. On a remote beach in rural Candovia, Ravi tries to stir the other &#8230; <a title=\"The Acacia Trilogy 02 &#8211; The Sacred Band &#8211; Durham, David Anthony\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/the-acacia-trilogy-02-the-sacred-band-durham-david-anthony\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Acacia Trilogy 02 &#8211; The Sacred Band &#8211; Durham, David Anthony\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3708,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[209],"class_list":["post-3709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-david-anthony-durham"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}