Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3579 in Books
• Published on: 2005-09-02
• Binding: Paperback

Synopsis
In a remote mountain village high in the lands of the Three Countries lives Takeo, a boy with the exceptional skills of the deadly Tribe - preternatural hearing, the ability to be in two places at once and invisibility. But brought up among the peaceful Hidden, Takeo has yet to discover the dangerous potential of his own abilities. When his life is saved by the mysterious Lord Otori Shigeru, Takeo begins the journey that will lead him to his destiny. As Takeo grows from boy to man he must find a path through the complex loyalties that bind him to warring clans, the ruthless Tribe and the shadowy Hidden. At the same time, Kaede, a young heiress, must also find her way, using her intelligence and exquisite beauty to assert herself in a world of all-powerful men. For both it is a journey of revenge and treachery, honour and loyalty, beauty and magic and the overwhelming passion of love.

Customer Reviews

SOO AMAZING!
All four books including 'Harsh cry of the heron' are so amazingly written, they are by far the best books I have ever read. I have read other books after this and they seem bland compared to this series. Its soooo goood! I want her to write more lol =]

Escape to the past, a tale of Japanese Feudalism
Lian Hearn's novels on the Otori clan captures your imagination and takes you away to a distant past. Tales of passion, love and treachery set in Japan's Feudal times with leave you wanting to know more.

should be 10 stars!!
Lian hearn is such a breath of fresh air to literature.
These books grip the reader from the very first page, urging you to find out what happens to Takeo and Keade...and now theres a sequal and prequal to read too...YES!!!
Just started the sequal and managed only 7 chapters in my first 2 nights...its amazing and actually explains things and continues the story.

All 5 books feel as though you are reading history they are that real. It feels almost like memoirs or a biography at times and at others like an epic adventure. These books are a must for readers of love, war, sex, romance, adventure and fantasy and anyone with the remotest interest in oriental culture.
BRILLIANT