Across the Nightingale Floor: Tales of the Otori Book 1

'The most compelling novel to have been published this year' - Amanda Craig, "Observer". In his palace at Inuyama, Lord Iida Sadamu, warlord of the Tohan clan, surveys his famous nightingale floor. Its surface sings at the tread of every human foot, and no assassin can cross it. But 16-year-old Otori Takeo, his family murdered by Iida's warriors, has the magical skills of the Tribe - preternatural hearing, invisibility, a second self - that enable him to enter the lair of the Tohan. He has love in his heart and death at his fingertips...The stunningly powerful bestseller, "Across the Nightingale Floor", is an epic story for readers young and old. Set in a mythical, feudal, Japanese land, a world both beautiful and cruel, the intense love story of two young people takes place against a background of warring clans, secret alliances, high honour and lightning swordplay.

Title - Across the Nightingale Floor: Tales of the Otori Book 1

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Author - Lian Hearn

ISBN 13 - 9780330493345

Imprint - Picador

Publisher - Pan Macmillan

Date Published - 06/06/2003

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Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 130 x 197 x 19mm

Weight - 229 g

Languages - English