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Across the Nightingale Floor : Tales of the Otori Book 1

by Lian Hearn
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Across the Nightingale Floor : Tales of the Otori Book 1 - Thryft
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  • Wirral Paperback of the Year (2004)
  • Peter Pan Award
  • Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Preis der Jugendjury (2004)
  • Lincoln Award Nominee (2007)
  • Carnegie Medal Nominee (2002)
  • La Nuit du Livre for Littérature (2003)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Across the Nightingale Floor : Tales of the Otori Book 1

by Lian Hearn
Save 11%
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ISBN: 9781405005296
Authors: Lian Hearn
Publisher: The Berkley Publishing Group
Date of Publication: 2003-06-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Romance, Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Fantasy
Related Topics: Historical Fantasy
Goodreads rating: 4.06
(rated by 41824 readers)

Description

In his black-walled fortress at Inuyama, the warlord Iida Sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor. Constructed with exquisite skill, it sings at the treat 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 detsiny...
 
  • Wirral Paperback of the Year (2004)
  • Peter Pan Award
  • Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis for Preis der Jugendjury (2004)
  • Lincoln Award Nominee (2007)
  • Carnegie Medal Nominee (2002)
  • La Nuit du Livre for Littérature (2003)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.