She travels frequently to Japan and has studied Japanese for many years. She received an AsiaLink arts fellowship for travel and research in 1999. Lian's passionate interest in Japan began when she was a teenager. She has also written two historical novels set in nineteenth-century Japan, Blossoms and Shadows and The Storyteller and His Three Daughters. Nine of her books are set in a mythical country based on medieval Japan: these are the five Tales of the Otori books, starting with Across the Nightingale Floor The Tale of Shikanoko: Emperor of the Eight Islands and Lord of the Darkwood and Children of the Otori: Orphan Warriors and Sibling Assassins. One of Australia's most internationally successful writers, Lian Hearn's books have been translated into 42 languages and have sold millions of copies. His journey is one of revenge and treachery, beauty and magic, and the passion of first love.ĬOMING SOON - the spellbinding new Tale of Shikanoko, set 300 years before Otori: EMPEROR OF THE EIGHT ISLANDS (Books 1 and 2) and LORD OF THE DARKWOOD (Books 3 and 4). 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. No assassin can cross it unheard.īrought up in a remote village among the Hidden, a reclusive and spiritual people, Takeo has learned only the ways of peace. Constructed with exquisite skill, it sings at the tread of each human foot. In his fortress at Inuyama, the murderous warlord Iida Sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor. 'The best story of magic, love, sex, revenge and suspense to have come this way since Philip Pullman.' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY Enter the feudal world of the Otori - filled with magic, treachery and intrigue - inspired by medieval Japan and created by acclaimed Australian author, Lian Hearn.ĪCROSS THE NIGHTINGALE FLOOR is Book 1 in the five-part Tales of the Otori series. One of the most thrilling series of our time.
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