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Across the Nightingale Floor
Author: | Lian Hearn |
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William Heinemann, 2005 Picador, 2003 Macmillan UK, 2002 Riverhead Books, 2002 Hodder Headline Australia, 2002 |
Series: | Tales of the Otori: Book 2 |
1. Heaven's Net is Wide |
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Book Type: | Novel |
Genre: | Fantasy |
Sub-Genre Tags: | Historical Fantasy Sword and Sorcery Mythic Fiction (Fantasy) |
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Synopsis
In his black-walled fortress at Inuyama, the 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.
The youth Takeo has been brought up in a remote mountain village among the Hidden, a reclusive and spiritual people who have taught him only the ways of peace. But unbeknownst to him, his father was a celebrated assassin and a member of the Tribe, an ancient network of families with extraordinary, preternatural skills.
When Takeo's village is pillaged, he is rescued and adopted by the mysterious Lord Otori Shigeru. Under the tutelage of Shigeru, he learns that he too possesses the skills of the Tribe. And, with this knowledge, he embarks on a journey that will lead him across the famed nightingale floor - and to his own unimaginable destiny...
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