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Across the Nightingale Floor
- Tales of the Otori, Book 1
- Narrated by: Tamblyn Lord, Anna Steen
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
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Publisher's Summary
An international best seller, Across the Nightingale Floor is the first book in the Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn.
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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- Anonymous User
- 17-08-2020
A story to binge on over and over
I love this series, I read the books over and over and when I heard this Audio book I was very careful with being critical of how it was read. I love it, I love the voices, the portrail of characters and the pronunciation of the words. Thank you.
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- Mark
- 24-05-2018
After Shogun I was looking for more tales of Japan
From the first 10 minutes I was in. The twin narration was excellent. The sounds of drums and symbols added to the drama
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- Lachlan Peterson
- 27-03-2016
Fantastic and innovative
Fantastic story, eagrely moving on to it's sequel. The audiobook makes good use of sound effects to help set tones like that of ancient japan which adds to the story, and the 2 narrators helps differenciate the characters. Overall a great listen.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-08-2020
Nope!
The narrator's voice was terrible. I could not listen to the book. love the story.
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- Anonymous User
- 18-03-2020
interesting plot but the music was too distracting
Interesting and immersive storytelling by the author and narrators. unfortunately the music interludes distracts, rather than adding drama to the story.
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- Carolyn
- 27-02-2023
Brilliant!
My favourite book series and narrated well. Thoroughly enjoyable, looking forward to the rest of the series.
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- Mark
- 21-08-2015
Best series ever
Incredible powerful, captures the power and blindness of first love. The combination of stories always keeps you listening for the next chapter.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-06-2020
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Lian Hearn is always a fantastic author, unfortunately I can't read for long periods of time, so this is the next best thing. The narrators have done a good job and tried to make the best they can.
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- Molly
- 26-04-2018
As good as I remembered!
Great book that I loved reading many years ago. Engaging story and easy listening. Recommend to any fantasy fans.
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- Monique Turmine
- 03-05-2022
A pleasant journey
An interesting story, both narrators were well matched with good delivery. Onto the next.
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