Book 1 of Tales of the Otori: Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn

Book 1 of Tales of the Otori: Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian HearnACROSS THE NIGHTINGALE FLOOR is Book 1 in the five part Tales of the Otori series. 'The best story of magic, love, sex, revenge and suspense to have come this way since Philip Pullman.' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY In his fortress at Inuyama, the murderous 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. Brought up in a remote village among

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