Across The Nightingale Floor Blurb

An ancient tradition undermined by spies and assassins.

Across the nightingale floor blurb.

Across the nightingale floor blurb. I loved my inner picture of how takeo was view spoiler dancing elegantly over the nightingale floor hide spoiler. Tomasu a member of the hidden by birth returns from exploring the mountains to find members of his family slaughtered. Across the nightingale floor is a lyrical and bittersweet tale set in a fantasy medieval feudal japan.

An international bestseller across the nightingale floor is the first book in the tales of the otori series by lian hearn don t miss the related series the tale of shikanoko. A tour de force novel set in ancient japan filled with passion fantasy and feuding warlords. Each stratum of society owed allegiance to the one above it. The first book in a stunning trilogy of historical fantasy novels following takeo orphaned when a warlord massacres his village.

Across the nightingale floor by lian hearn publisher. Across the nightingale floor is set in a fictional world based on japan during the sengoku period and follows the story of a sixteen year old boy named tomasu and fifteen year old girl named kaede. The magic of enhanced senses was beautiful and very appropriate to the setting. Our own medieval feudal system was a relatively simple affair.

A society of rigid castes and codes subverted by love. A land of incomparable beauty torn by civil war. Across the nightingale floor by lian hearn 336pp macmillan 12 99.