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Across the nightingale floor

Tales of the Ontori Book One

By Lian Hearn

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| Paperback | 9780330415286

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In his black-walled fortress at Inuyama, the murderous warlord, lida 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 mountain village among the Hidden, a reclusive and sContinue

In his black-walled fortress at Inuyama, the murderous warlord, lida 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 mountain 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, honour and loyalty, beauty and magic, and the passion of first love.

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  • Empire of the senses

    Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn 336pp, Macmillan, £12.99 Our own medieval feudal system was a relatively simple affair. Each stratum of society owed allegiance to the one above it, the king was at the top of the heap and a single religion ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

  • The Best Reviews: Lian Hearn, Across the Nightingale Floor - Tales of the Otori (Book One)

    "Tales of the Otori - Book One" "By the time the snow melted, Tomasu, the half-wild boy who roamed the mountain and read only its animals and planets, was gone forever. I had become Takeo, quiet, outwardly gentle, an artist, somewhat bookish, a disgu ... (read full critics)

    thebestreviews published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

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