Where to Start with David Anthony Durham
- Best entry point → Acacia: The War with the Mein
- Start the Annwn Cycle #The Dead's Revenant series → Unbound
- What fans keep coming back to → The Other Lands
- Highest rated by listeners → Unfettered III: New Tales (The Chathrand Voyage #Thasha's cure for cabin fever #3)
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Unfettered III: New Tales
The Chathrand Voyage #Thasha's cure for cabin fever • Book 3
by Shawn Speakman, Tad Williams, Naomi Novik, Megan Lindholm, John Gwynne, David Anthony Durham, Callie Bates, Jason Denzel, Carrie Vaughn, Deborah A. Wolf, Anna Stephens, Patrick Swenson, Ramon Terrell, Peter Orullian, Terry Brooks, Lev Grossman, Seanan McGuire, Delilah S. Dawson, Mark Lawrence, Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan, Todd Lockwood, Cat Rambo, Robert V.S. Redick, Ken Scholes, Scott Sigler, Anna Smith Spark, Marc Turner
Narrated by Khristine Hvam, Natasha Soudek, Mark Bramhall, Michael Page, Vikas Adam, Tim Gerard Reynolds, Andrew Wincott, Luke Daniels, Brian Nishii
★ 3.85 ABR Score (779 ratings)★ 3.98 Goodreads (571) ★ 4.37 Audible (208)27h 36m listening time • Released 2019 - 2
Unbound
Annwn Cycle #The Dead's Revenant • Book 1
by Shawn Speakman, Terry Brooks, Seanan McGuire, Mark Lawrence, Anthony Ryan, Tim Marquitz, Brian Staveley, Michael J. Sullivan, John Marco, Peter Orullian, Kat Richardson, Sam Sykes, Kristen Britain, Mazarkis Williams, Jim Butcher, Rachel Caine, Harry Connolly, Delilah S. Dawson, David Anthony Durham, Jason M. Hough, Mary Robinette Kowal, Joe Abercrombie
Narrated by Dick Hill, Tim Gerard Reynolds, Nick Podehl, Allyson Johnson, Christian Rodska, Emily Bauer
★ 3.74 ABR Score (1.3K ratings)★ 3.96 Goodreads (1.0K) ★ 4.13 Audible (246)20h 55m listening time • Released 2016A star-studded anthology where twenty-three fantasy masters tell exactly the stories they want, each perfectly matched to a narrator who elevates the prose—Dick Hill's gravitas, Tim Gerard Reynolds' intensity—making this feel less like a collection and more like a curated experience.
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The Sacred Band
Acacia • Book 3
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.72 ABR Score (3.1K ratings)★ 3.85 Goodreads (2.7K) ★ 4.16 Audible (420)28h 3m listening time • Released 2011Dick Hill's deep, commanding voice transforms this epic trilogy closer into something mythic—28 hours of sweeping battles and political intrigue that actually justify the audiobook length.
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The Other Lands
Acacia • Book 2
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.65 ABR Score (4.4K ratings)★ 3.81 Goodreads (3.9K) ★ 4.05 Audible (460)23h 51m listening time • Released 2009Dick Hill's measured, authoritative narration transforms Durham's sprawling political fantasy into something genuinely compelling, especially when juggling multiple royal perspectives and the creeping dread of what's being unleashed beyond the empire's borders.
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Acacia: The War with the Mein
Acacia • Book 1
Narrated by Dick Hill
★ 3.27 ABR Score (10.1K ratings)★ 3.58 Goodreads (9.0K) ★ 3.66 Audible (1.1K)29h 27m listening time • Released 2007Dick Hill's narration transforms this sprawling fantasy epic into something genuinely immersive, giving each of the fractured storylines their own vocal identity while maintaining the dark political intrigue that makes the Acacia empire feel dangerously real.
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