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Across the Nightingale Floor: Book 1 Tales of the Otori

By Hearn Lian
Series: Tales of the Otori
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Across the Nightingale Floor follows Takeo, raised in a secretive village yet born with lethal skills linked to the mysterious Tribe. When he is drawn into the violent world of the warlord Iida Sadamu and his famed nightingale floor—designed to betray every footstep—Takeo faces a destiny shaped by magic, revenge, and impossible love.
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Now released with stunning new cover artwork, Across the Nightingale Floor is Book 1 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.'
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In his fortress at Inuyama, the murderous warlord Iida Sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor. Constructed with exquisite skill, it sings at the tread of each human foot. No assassin can cross it unheard.

Brought up in a remote village among the Hidden, a reclusive and spiritual people, Takeo has learned only the ways of peace. Why, then, does he possess the deadly skills that make him so valuable to the sinister Tribe? These supernatural powers will lead him to his violent destiny within the walls of Inuyama - and to an impossible longing for a girl who can never be his.

His journey is one of revenge and treachery, beauty and magic, and the passion of first love.

Coming soon: the spellbinding new Tale of Shikanoko, set 300 years before Otori: Emperor of the Eight Islands (Books 1 and 2) and Lord of the Darkwood (Books 3 and 4).

Series: Tales of the Otori

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780733635229

Publisher: Hachette Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 January 2016

Country: Australia

Imprint: Hachette Australia

Audience: General / adult, Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 310g

Pages: 384

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Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Fantasy Fiction General Fiction Hearn Lian Sci-Fi & Fantasy Series: Tales of the Otori Young Adult

About the Author

Lian Hearn's beloved Tales of the Otori series, set in an imagined feudal Japan, has sold more than four million copies worldwide and has been translated into nearly forty languages. It is comprised of five volumes: ACROSS THE NIGHTINGALE FLOOR, GRASS FOR HIS PILLOW, BRILLIANCE OF THE MOON, THE HARSH CRY OF THE HERON and HEAVEN'S NET IS WIDE. The series was followed by two standalone novels, BLOSSOMS AND SHADOWS and THE STORYTELLER AND HIS THREE DAUGHTERS, also set in Japan. EMPEROR OF THE EIGHT ISLANDS is Books 1 and 2 in The Tale of Shikanoko and is followed by LORD OF THE DARKWOOD (Books 3 and 4). Lian has made many trips to Japan and has studied Japanese. She read Modern Languages at Oxford and worked as an editor and film critic in England before emigrating to Australia. For the latest news from Lian, visit lianhearn.com, follow Lian on Twitter @LianHearn, or join the readers who have become Lian's friend on Facebook.

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