Lian Hearn

The first and last tale that both closes the circle and introduces readers to the strange and beautiful world of the Otori. An epic historical fantasy of revenge, betrayal, honor, beauty, and love....

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....

In a complex social hierarchy, amid dissembling clans and fractured allegiances, there is no place for passionate young love....

The teenage lovers, Takeo and Kaede, are now married. But their destinies are determined by forces beyond their control....

Orphan warriors fight for survival in a brutal medieval world in this fantastically thrilling adventure that continues the Tales of the Otori series....

Kaede knows nothing of the prophecy that Takeo will die at the hands of his son and longs to give him a male child. Nor does she know of the boy he fathered 16 years ago....

Books 1 and 2 in The Tale of Shikanoko series. The first instalment in a magnificent epic by the creator of the global phenomenon the Tales of the Otori, Lian Hearn, whose books have sold over four million copies worldwide....

As a boy, Arai Sunaomi, was known as the Miracle Child and crossed between the worlds to walk among the dead. Now, he has put aside his past to follow the way of the warrior....

Books 3 and 4 in The Tale of Shikanoko series. The second and final instalment of The Tale of Shikanoko: a bold epic of a fantastical medieval Japan from the creator of the global phenomenon Tales of the Otori, Lian Hearn, whose books have sold over four million copies worldwide....

Japan, 1857. For centuries Japan has been on its own; isolated by choice from the rest of the world....

Takeo feels he must take on the Tribe and demonstrate the ruthlessness he will need to be a competent ruler....

Takeo, désormais héritier du puissant clan des Otori, s'est engagé à rejoindre les rangs criminels de la Tribu, reniant ainsi son éducation pacifique...

Au XIVe siècle, dans un Japon médiéval mythique, le jeune Takeo grandit au sein d'une communauté paisible qui condamne la violence...

"Tu conquerras la paix en cinq batailles : quatre victoires et une défaite." Takeo parviendra-t-il à apporter la paix sur les Trois Pays...