Brilliance of the Moon, Lian Hearn
Brilliance of the Moon, Lian Hearn
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Brilliance of the Moon
Tales of the Otori Book Three

Author: Lian Hearn

Narrator: Aiko Nakasone, Kevin Gray

Unabridged: 9 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/07/2004

Synopsis

Brilliance of the Moon is the third book in the Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn.

A beautiful, haunting evocation of the medieval Japan of Lian Hearn's imagination, this thrilling follow-up to Grass for His Pillow and Across the Nightingale Floor delves deeper into the complex loyalties that bind its characters from birth. Filled with adventure and surprising twists of plot and fortune, this third book in the Tales of the Otori series travels beyond the Three Countries, to the outside influences that threaten to intrude upon this isolated realm.

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.

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Goodreads review by Bradley

The third book in this cycle of the Otori picks up where the second ended seamlessly, continuing the ongoing romance... and subsequent tragedies (yes, plural) that befall them. Mostly Kaede, I think. She and all women have it the hardest in these books. But that's kinda the point. Feudal Shogunate-ish......more

Goodreads review by Trish

This third installment picks up right after Takeo's and Kaede's wedding. The Otori uncles are sending threats and it's clear that to have any position amongst the warring clans, indeed any chance to stay alive, Takeo and Kaede must first gain men and power themselves so after defeating the Otori arm......more

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