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This is the first book in a new epic trilogy that has already become a bestselling sensation in England and Australia, earning comparisons to The Lord of the Rings . It begins with the legend of a nightingale floor in a black-walled fortress-a floor that sings in alarm at the step of an assassin. It will take true courage and all the skills of an ancient Tribe for one orphaned youth named Takeo to discover the... (more)

Tales of the Otori: Book 3

Brilliance of the Moon

by Lian Hearn

A beautiful, haunting evocation of the medieval Japan of Lian Hearn's imagination, this thrilling follow-up to Grass for His Pillow and Across the Nightingale Floor delves deeper into the complex loyalties that bind its characters from birth. Filled with adventure and surprising twists of plot and fortune, this final volume travels beyond the Three Countries, to the outside influences that threaten to intrude... (more)

Tales of the Otori: Book 2

Grass for His Pillow

by Lian Hearn

Praised for its epic scope and descriptive detail, Across the Nightingale Floor , the first book of the Tales of the Otori, was an international bestseller and critical success, named by the London Times as "the most compelling novel to have been published this year." With Grass for His Pillow, Book Two of the Tales of the Otori , we return to the medieval Japan of Hearn's creation-a land of harsh beauty and... (more)

Tales of the Otori: Book 4

The Harsh Cry of the Heron

The Last Tale of the Otori

by Lian Hearn

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... (more)

Tales of the Otori

Heaven's Net is Wide

by Lian Hearn

The new beginning-and the grand finale-to the beloved Tales of the Otori series. Heaven's Net Is Wide is the new first volume of the now complete Tales of the Otori- prequel to Across the Nightingale Floor , the book that first introduced Hearn's mythical, medieval Japanese world. This is the story of Lord Otori Shigeru-who has presided over the entire series as a sort of spiritual warrior-godfather-the man... (more)

Grass For His Pillow, Episode 1: Lord Fujiwara's Treasures (Tales of the Otori, Book 2)

Grass For His Pillow, Episode 1: Lord Fujiwara's Treasures (Tales of the Otori, Book 2)

by Lian Hearn

Abducted by his teacher, Kenji, Takeo is condemned to work as an assassin, an enforced occupation that his father sacrificed his life to escape. Still he is determined to carry on the name of the Otori. At the same time, his beloved Shirakawa Kaede, heir to the Maruyama, returns home to a shattered family and an uncertain future, and quickly realizes that she can rely on no one but herself.

Grass For His Pillow, Episode 2: The Way Through The Snow (Tales of the Otori, Book 2)

Grass For His Pillow, Episode 2: The Way Through The Snow (Tales of the Otori, Book 2)

by Lian Hearn

Both Takeo and Kaede have visions of their future. Takeo works to escape the Tribe and fulfill the last wishes of his adoptive father, Lord Shigeru Otori. And Kaede, heir to two seats of power, moves forward step by step, aided by her own wits and a precarious alliance with Lord Fujiwara. In their separate worlds, the two long for each other, knowing that they are meant to be together, wondering if they will... (more)

Brilliance of the Moon, Episode 1: Battle for Maruyama (Tales of the Otori, Book 3)

Brilliance of the Moon, Episode 1: Battle for Maruyama (Tales of the Otori, Book 3)

by Lian Hearn

Peace comes at the price of bloodshed—five battles will buy you peace, four to win and one to lose. At the temple of Terayama, the words of the blind sage’s prophecy continue to haunt Takeo as he readies his armies for battle. Determined to avenge Shigeru’s death and claim his rightful inheritance, Takeo and Kaede, together with Takeo’s forces, fight their way to the domain of Maruyama. But then they must... (more)

Brilliance of the Moon, Episode 2: Scars of Victory (Tales of the Otori, Book 3)

Brilliance of the Moon, Episode 2: Scars of Victory (Tales of the Otori, Book 3)

by Lian Hearn

When Kaede arrives at Shirakawa, she learns her sisters have been taken to Lord Fujiwara’s house—and soon she too becomes a prisoner there. And neither Takeo nor Kaede know that Takeo’s old teacher, Muto Kenji, has grievances and schemes of his own. As Takeo and Kaede face disaster at the hands of their enemies, the forces of nature are also conspiring. Are Takeo’s skills of magic and his desire for revenge... (more)

Lamb in Love

by Carrie Brown

In the tiny English village of Hursley, two lifelong acquaintances have never given each other a second glance. Until, on the very night of man's first moon landing, a precipitous passion alights on their middle-aged existence. Out for a stroll, Norris Lamb--postmaster, stamp collector, and church organist--spies spinster Vida Stephen dancing with glorious, uncharacteristic abandon by the moonlit fountain of the... (more)

Tales of the Otori Trilogy

by Lian Hearn

In a remote mountain village high in the lands of the Three Countries lives Takeo, a boy with the exceptional skills of the deadly Tribe - preternatural hearing, the ability to be in two places at once and invisibility. But brought up among the peaceful Hidden, Takeo has yet to discover the dangerous potential of his own abilities. When his life is saved by the mysterious Lord Otori Shigeru, Takeo begins the... (more)

Across the Nightingale Floor

Grass for His Pillow : Tales of the Otori Bk.2Lian Hearn

Grass for His Pillow : Tales of the Otori Bk.2

by Lian Hearn

With Grass for His Pillow, Book Two of the Otori trilogy, we return to the medieval Japan of Hearn's imagination - a land of harsh beauty and deceptive appearances.In a complex social hierarchy, amid dissembling clans and fractured allegiances, there is no place for passionate young love. The orphan Takeo, who has been taught the ways of the warrior class by Lord Otori Shigeru, has now been claimed by the... (more)

THE HARSH CRY OF THE HERON: THE LAST TALE OF THE OTORILIAN HEARN

THE HARSH CRY OF THE HERON: THE LAST TALE OF THE OTORI

by LIAN HEARN

Across the Nightingale Floor: Tales of the Otori Book 1

Across the Nightingale Floor: Tales of the Otori Book 1

by Lian Hearn

'The most compelling novel to have been published this year' - Amanda Craig, "Observer". In his palace at Inuyama, Lord Iida Sadamu, warlord of the Tohan clan, surveys his famous nightingale floor. Its surface sings at the tread of every human foot, and no assassin can cross it. But 16-year-old Otori Takeo, his family murdered by Iida's warriors, has the magical skills of the Tribe - preternatural hearing,... (more)

Grass For His Pillow, Episode 2: Journey To Inuyama (Tales of the Otori, Book 2)

Grass For His Pillow, Episode 2: Journey To Inuyama (Tales of the Otori, Book 2)

by Lian Hearn

Lord Otori, Takeo, and Takeo’s new teacher Kenji set off to meet Kaede, a fifteen-year-old girl chosen as the future Lady Otori by a group of political collaborators. Takeo is still trying to come to terms with knowing that, through the father he never knew, he is one of the Tribe—a group of mysterious, ninja-like assassins who have allegiance to no one. When Takeo and Kaede first meet, they are drawn to... (more)

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Across the Nightingale Floor

by Lian Hearn

Brilliance of the Moon

by Lian Hearn

Grass for His Pillow

by Lian Hearn

The Harsh Cry of the Heron

The Last Tale of the Otori

by Lian Hearn

Heaven's Net is Wide

by Lian Hearn

Grass For His Pillow, Episode 1: Lord Fujiwara's Treasures (Tales of the Otori, Book 2)

by Lian Hearn

Grass For His Pillow, Episode 2: The Way Through The Snow (Tales of the Otori, Book 2)

by Lian Hearn

Brilliance of the Moon, Episode 1: Battle for Maruyama (Tales of the Otori, Book 3)

by Lian Hearn

Brilliance of the Moon, Episode 2: Scars of Victory (Tales of the Otori, Book 3)

by Lian Hearn

Lamb in Love

by Carrie Brown

Tales of the Otori Trilogy

by Lian Hearn

Across the Nightingale Floor

Grass for His Pillow : Tales of the Otori Bk.2

by Lian Hearn

THE HARSH CRY OF THE HERON: THE LAST TALE OF THE OTORI

by LIAN HEARN

Across the Nightingale Floor: Tales of the Otori Book 1

by Lian Hearn

Grass For His Pillow, Episode 2: Journey To Inuyama (Tales of the Otori, Book 2)

by Lian Hearn