Across the Nightingale Floor, Lian Hearn
Across the Nightingale Floor, Lian Hearn
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Across the Nightingale Floor
Tales of the Otori Book One

Author: Lian Hearn

Narrator: Aiko Nakasone, Kevin Gray

Unabridged: 8 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/18/2002

Synopsis

A tour-de-force novel set in ancient Japan filled with passion, fantasy, and feuding warlords. The first volume in the highly anticipated "Tales of the Otori" trilogy.

Sixteen-year-old Takeo's village has been massacred by an evil warlord, and he is about to be slain by the men who murdered his parents and neighbors. At the last moment, his life is saved by a nobleman, who claims the boy as his kin and begins his education.

But nothing is as it seems. Takeo discovers that he has rare powers that are useful to those around him. As he grows into manhood, he must decide where his loyalties lie: with his noble master and adoptive father; with the Hidden, a secret, spiritual sect whose beliefs are forbidden; or with the Tribe, the assassins and spies who consider him one of their own.

A story of treachery, political intrigue, and the intensity of first love, set in a world ruled by formal ritual and codes of honor, Across the Nightingale Floor crosses genres, generations, and genders to captivate fans of all ages.

About Lian Hearn

Lian Hearn is the pseudonym of a writer-born in England, educated at Oxford, currently living in Australia-who has a lifelong interest in Japan, has lived there, and studies Japanese. She is the author of the bestselling series Tales of the Otori.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Christine on 2008-12-11 18:08:18

A subtle, Japanese-themed fantasy story, and a nice alternative from the far more common 'European' cultural flavor most fantasy novels are set in.

Goodreads review by Χαρά on February 09, 2017

_Across the nightingale floor_ So i decided to share my personal story with this book.. I was about 15-16 years old and a classmate, a good friend of mine had lent me this book. I read it, i loved it and then my brain completely erased all the data i had on the book. I mean, literally, i remembered n......more

Goodreads review by colleen the convivial curmudgeon on April 13, 2011

1 1/2 In my review for Graceling I stated that I was a bit of a sucker for romance elements in action type stories. I have, in the past, admitted to, probably, over-rating certain books because the romance element gave me the warm-squishies, even though other aspects of the book were lacking or, at t......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on January 08, 2019

This is a light Feudal Japanese fantasy that focuses heavily on growing up to be an assassin, trembling with desire and love, and reveals that drive the main character to dire measures. Does most of this sound familiar in YA fiction? It should. :) Fortunately, I enjoy light Feudal Japanese fantasies........more

Goodreads review by Dilushani on September 23, 2020

A fascinating story with riveting characters caught in an intricate web of revenge, romance and betrayal set in feudal Japan. To any who are interested in the Asian culture with its beguiling history and elaborate sense of mystery that is oft knotted in its roots, this book would be the ideal soluti......more

Goodreads review by Chris on February 09, 2008

This is a weird book for anyone who has more than a passing knowledge of Japan. The author is a great fan of Japan, its culture and its history. That's obvious just by looking at her name, Lian Hearn, which is a pseudonym. According to Wikipedia, it's a contraction of "heron," an important bird in th......more

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