Across the Nightingale Floor : Tales of the Otori Book One

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. 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 floorand to his own unimaginable destiny... Number of Words in Auth: 2 Formats : EPUB Title Parms BtoH : - - - - - - Torrent Summary : New Torrent Compare Title Parm A to Author: gt Calc ESI Part 3 : 05 Calc ESI Part 2 : of Calc ESI Part 1 : 01 Enter Series Index : 01 of 05 Sort on Author : Hea Uncomma Title 2 : Across the Nightingale Floor Title Post Pound : Across the Nightingale Floor Words in Author Name: 2 Raw Title : Across the Nightingale Floor Title Parm A Prefix : Across the Nightingale Floor Title Length : 28 Title Parm A : Across the Nightingale Floor Record ID : 228 Enter New Series (Calced): SIPZ_E Only.Tales of Otori.Scifan.01 of 05..ICBF Author Parm Cn : Hearn Calc New Series : .... Calc ESN Part 2 : of Calc ESN Part 3 : 05 Test Search : Across the Nightingale Floor / Lian Hearn Number of Formats : 1 Title Pre Pound : Across the Nightingale Floor Calc ESN Part 1 : 01 Whole Title : Across the Nightingale Floor Title Suffix : Across the Nightingale Floor ES Name : Tales of Otori Uncomma Author : Lian Hearn ES Genre : Scifan Compare Author : eq ES Group : SIPZ_E Only Test Compare Series to Entered: lt ESN Combined : 01 Calc ESI Combined : 01 of 05 Quick Search : Lian Hearn Across the Nightingale Floor Has Cover : Yes All Identifiers : goodreads:77160, isbn:9781573223324 Single Author : Lian Hearn Sorted Author by LN, FN: Hearn, Lian Num of Aut : 1 Any Num n Name : Otori ES Cover Quality : ICBF Title Pre Parend : Across the Nightingale Floor Title Parm A Suffix : Floor Author Parm A : Lian Hearn An international bestseller, Across the Nightingale Floor is the first book in the Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn. Don't miss the related series, The Tale of Shikanoko.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. 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 destiny...

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. 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 destiny...

An international bestseller, Across the Nightingale Floor is the first book in the Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn.

This is the first book in a new epic trilogy that has already become a bestselling sensation in England and Australia, earning comparisons to The Lord of the Rings. It begins with the legend of a nightingale floor in a black-walled fortress--a floor that sings in alarm at the step of an assassin. It will take true courage and all the skills of an ancient Tribe for one orphaned youth named Takeo to discover the magical destiny that awaits him ... across the nightingale floor 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.