Across the nightingale floor.

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Lian Hearn: Across the nightingale floor. (2002, Hodder)

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Published March 1, 2002 by Hodder.

ISBN:
978-0-7336-1562-7
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OCLC Number:
155836592

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4 stars (3 reviews)

Already a sensation around the world, this first book of the Otori Trilogy is a brilliantly imagined, wholly seductive tale of war, passion, and intrigue, evoking the spirit of medieval Japan. It is the story of a boy who is suddenly plucked from his life in a remote and peaceful village to find himself a pawn in a political scheme filled with treacherous warlords, rivalry and the intensity of first love.

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reviewed Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn (Tales of the Otori, #1)

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4 stars

The first book in the Tales of the Otori offers solid entertainment. The setting is feudal Japanese-flavored. Our protagonist Takeo is 15 years old when his whole village is slaughtered by the villain of the novel, warlord Iida Sadamu who is seeking to eliminate The Hidden, the peace cult Takeo's family belonged to. As only survivor he is rescued by Lord Shigeru Otori, a popular lord of the Otori clan who have recently lost a war against Iida's clan Tohan. He adopts Takeo, and is delighted, when it turns out that Takeo has the mysterious skills of The Tribe, supernatural abilities that allow him to become an assassin. They plot revenge against Iida and the Tohan...

The book was a very fast read. Takeo is maybe a bit precocious for a 15 year old boy, but I usually enjoy books that include schools and training in some form.

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