The Other Lands begins a few years after Acacia, and Queen Corinn Akaran is firmly in control of the Known World. Though the various nations under her rule thought they would win their freedom after defeating Hamish Mein - as Aliver Akaran has promised before his death - Queen Corinn holds the nations together with an even tighter grip. Her primary goal is to topple the Lothan Aklun with the help of the League and the Numreck, and, to this end, Corinn sends her brother Daniel, disguised as a slave, on an exploratory expedition across the Grey Slopes to the Other Lands. Daniel soon learns that the Lotan Aklun are only one force of many in the Other Lands and that the small chain of islands borders a mainland that is a more lush, exotic, and expansive that the Known World; the ruling tribe of the mainland, the Auldek, are also more numerous and powerful than the Numrek. Unbeknownst to the Corinn and her siblings, the Numrek and Auldek are ancient ancestors and their inevitable alliance could mean the downfall of Acacia.In this bold and imaginative sequel to Acacia, Queen Corinn must unite the battered and abused peoples of the Acacia Empire against the powerful tribes of the Other Lands. In other words, David Anthony Durham's epic imagination continues to expand the Known World of the novel into yet undiscovered lands.