The Harsh Cry of the Heron (edit title)

Timothy Gray approved Timothy Gray’s request to change the title of The Harsh Cry of the Heron Friday, October 30 2009.

Shelfari edited the description of The Harsh Cry of the Heron Sunday, August 2 2009.

• T he Harsh Cry of the Heron: The Last Tale of the Otori is a truly epic novel. It is the rich and satisfying conclusion to the Tales of the Otori series that both completes the characters' lives-prophesied and otherwise-and brilliantly illuminates unexpected aspects of the entire Otori saga. The Harsh Cry of the Heron is the only fitting end to such a stirring series: a book that takes the storytelling achievement of Lian Hearn's fantastic medieval Japanese world to startling new heights of drama and action. Hearn's Otori series is the best (and only) literary expression of a cultural phenomenon that has swept through cinema (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), comics (manga), and popular culture at large. And, with this book, Hearn delivers in full ninja vs. samurai fashion the kinetic, simultaneously heartbreaking and uplifting resolution that the Otori's hundreds of thousands of fans richly deserve-whose epic satisfaction will surely draw even more readers into the fold.

Timothy Gray changed the title of The Harsh Cry of the Heron Saturday, July 25 2009.

Timothy Gray edited the series of The Harsh Cry of the Heron Saturday, July 25 2009.

• Added this book in the series: Tales of the Otori book 4 (Primary series)

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Harsh Cry of the Heron Saturday, July 25 2009.

• Added a contributor: Lian Hearn: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of The Harsh Cry of the Heron Friday, July 17 2009.

• Come quickly! Father and Mother are fighting!" Otori Takeo heard his daughter's voice clearly as she called to her sisters from within the resi-dence at Inuyama castle, in the same way he heard all the mingled sounds of the castle and the town beyond.