Synopses & Reviews
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 final volume travels beyond the Three Countries, to the outside influences that threaten to intrude upon this isolated realm.
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"[A] worthy conclusion to a genuinely thrilling epic saga." Booklist
Review
"The Otori trilogy smashes its way to a conclusion....Lyric fantasy with a rare sense of the tragic." Kirkus Reviews
Synopsis
Third in the international bestselling "Tales of the Otori" series brings a mystical and violent conclusion to the saga of Takeo Otori as he fulfills his destiny to reclaim the Otori lands.
Synopsis
Brilliance of the Moonis the third book in the Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn. Don't miss the relatedseries, The Tale of Shikanoko.
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 seriestravels beyond the Three Countries, to the outside influences that threaten to intrude upon this isolated realm."
Synopsis
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 final volume travels beyond the Three Countries, to the outside influences that threaten to intrude upon this isolated realm.
Synopsis
Set in an imagined medieval Japan, Book Three is a thrilling and surprising follow-up to the previous adventures of Takeo and Kaede Taking us deeper into the complexities of the loyalties that bind the novel's characters at birth the fates from which they cannot escape Brilliance of the Moon goes beyond its transcendent story felling in demonstrating how we are shaped by forces outside of our control and yet must forge our own destinies all the same. A thoroughly gripping read, Brilliance of the Moon is also the most powerful novel in the series a beautiful, haunting evocation of a time and a place just beyond the reach of an outside world.
About the Author
Lian Hearn was born in England and later settled in Australia, has a lifelong interest in Japan, has lived there, and speaks Japanese.