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Sein Vater war ein Assassine. Sein Schicksal ist vorherbestimmt. Seine Liebe ist unerreichbar.

Als Takeos Familie ermordet wird, rettet ihm Otori Shigeru selbst das Leben - der Anführer des Clans der Otori. Von ihm lernt Takeo Schwertkampf und Etikette. Doch Takeo wendet sich noch dunkleren Künsten zu, wie seine Fähigkeit, sich unsichtbar zu machen. Ohne diese Künste würde Takeo nicht überleben - mit ihnen aber gerät er in eine Welt der Lügen und Intrigen. Als er sich in Kaede verliebt, deren Schönheit die Menschen verstummen lässt, gerät er in höchste...

In the opening pages of the action-packed Book One of Lian Hearn's epic Tale of Shikanoko series--all of which will be published in 2016--a future lord is dispossessed of his birthright by a scheming uncle, a mountain sorcerer imbues a mask with the spirit of a great stag for a lost young man, a stubborn father forces his son to give up his wife to his older brother, and a powerful priest meddles in the succession to the Lotus Throne, the child who is the rightful heir to the emperor barely escaping the capital in the arms of his sister. And that is just the beginning.

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A beautiful, haunting evocation of the medieval Japan of Lian Hearn's imagination, this thrilling follow-up to Grass for His Pillow and Across the Nightingale Floor delves deeper into the complex loyalties that bind its characters from birth. Filled with adventure and surprising twists of plot and fortune, this third book in the Tales of the Otori series travels beyond the Three Countries, to the...

Praised for its epic scope and descriptive detail, Across the Nightingale Floor, the first book in the Tales of the Otori series, was an international bestseller and critical success, named by the London Times as "the most compelling novel to have been published this year." With Grass for His Pillow, Book Two, we return to the medieval Japan of Lian Hearn's creation--a land of harsh beauty and...

Heaven's Net Is Wide is the prequel that reveals the full story of Lord Otori Shigeru--the figure who has presided in both life and death over the entire series, the man who represents the true spirit of the Otori Clan. The first and the last tale, it introduces readers to the strange and beautiful world of the Otori and closes the circle where it opened in...