Lian Hearn

Book II of the internationally best-selling Tales of the Otori trilogy, a sweeping saga set in a mythical, medieval Japan.

16 years of peace and prosperity have passed since Lord Otori Takeo united the Three Countries....

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. Lian Hearn's stunningly powerful bestseller, Across the Nightingale...

Japan, 1857. For centuries Japan has been on its own; isolated by choice from the rest of the world. But the Western powers are now at its shores....

A new generation, a relentless enmity....

As The Silmarillion is to The Lord of the Rings, Liam Hearn's Heaven's Net Is Wide is to Tales of the Otori. This is the back story fans have been yearning for....

A tour-de-force novel set in ancient Japan filled with passion, fantasy, and feuding warlords.

As destiny weaves its rich tapestry, a compelling drama plays out against a background of wild forests, elegant castles, hidden temples, and savage battlefields....

In The Tengu's Game of Go, all are forced to confront the missteps of the past as the wrath of Heaven weaves tight around its mortal players. Hidden identities are revealed....

A self-assured warrior stumbles into a game of Go that turns fatal. An ambitious lord leaves his nephew for dead and seizes his lands....

Grass for His Pillow is the second novel in Lian Hearn's astonishingly beautiful series inspired by feudal Japan, Tales of the Otori....

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

Otori Takeo and Kaede have ruled the Three Countries peacefully for over 16 years, following the events laid out in the epic Tales of the Otori....

The third title in the compelling Tales of the Otori, Brilliance of the Moon by Lian Hearn is an epic tale of love, power and destiny, set in a mythical world inspired by feudal Japan....

In a remote mountain village, a boy is born gifted with the supernatural skills of his father, once the deadliest assassin of the Tribe....

Takeo has pledged his life to the secret Tribe....

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....

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....