Lian Hearn

Now released with stunning new cover artwork, Brilliance Of The Moon is Book 3 in the five-part Tales of the Otori series. 'The best story of magic, love, sex, revenge and suspense to have come this way since Philip Pullman.' Independent on Sunday Otori Takeo's future is uncertain. If he is to reclaim his Otori heritage, he must fight for...

Now released with stunning new cover artwork, Grass for His Pillow is Book 2 in the five-part Tales of the Otori series. 'The best story of magic, love, sex, revenge and suspense to have come this way since Philip Pullman.' Independent on Sunday In the ancient lands of the Otori, in a time of war and famine, the fate of...

Now released with stunning new cover artwork, Heaven's Net Is Wide is Book 5 in the five-part Tales of the Otori series. 'The best story of magic, love, sex, revenge and suspense to have come this way since Philip Pullman.' Independent on Sunday Lord Shigeru, heir to the Otori clan, faces hostility from the ambitious Iida family. His training as...

Like George R. R. Martin, Lian Hearn has captivated millions of readers worldwide with her masterpiece of imagination, Tales of the Otori. Now, against a dazzling canvas of wild forest, elegant court and savage battlefield, she brilliantly brings to life the world that existed 300 years earlier. Hearn weaves an intricate tapestry—seething with intrigue, adventure and love—of two rival clans...

An ambitious warlord leaves his nephew for dead and seizes his lands. A stubborn father forces his younger son to surrender his wife to his older brother. A mysterious woman seeks five fathers for her children. A powerful priest meddles in the succession to the Lotus Throne. These are the threads of an intricate tapestry in which the laws of...

Now released with stunning new cover artwork, The Harsh Cry Of The Heron is Book 4 in the five-part Tales of the Otori series. 'The best story of magic, love, sex, revenge and suspense to have come this way since Philip Pullman.' Independent on Sunday Lord Otori Takeo and his consort Kaede have ruled for over sixteen years. The Three...