
Emperor of the Eight Islands : Books 1 and 2 in The Tale of Shikanoko series
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Hearn weaves an intricate tapestry - seething with intrigue, adventure and love - of two rival clans struggling over who will be crowned Emperor of the Eight Islands, in a medieval Japanese country inhabited by warriors, assassins, ghosts and guardian spirits. And as the laws of destiny play out their inexorable drama, so the battle for the Lotus Throne begins.
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LORD OF THE DARKWOOD: Books 3 and 4 in THE TALE OF SHIKANOKO.
Praise for EMPEROR OF THE EIGHT ISLANDS:
'huge imaginative vitality' SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
'a fitting follow-up to the Otori series' THE AGE
'colourful and fascinating characters' COURIER MAIL
'a must-read' AUREALIS
'stands alone for fine storytelling' WEST AUSTRALIAN
'sure to recruit a fresh legion of fans' THE SATURDAY PAPER
Don't miss any of the novels in the OTORI saga
ACROSS THE NIGHTINGALE FLOOR
GRASS FOR HIS PILLOW
BRILLIANCE OF THE MOON
THE HARSH CRY OF THE HERON
HEAVEN'S NET IS WIDE
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Product details
- Paperback | 448 pages
- 154 x 233 x 33mm | 580g
- 08 Mar 2016
- Hachette Australia
- Sydney, Australia
- 073363513X
- 9780733635137
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fine storytelling - West Australian
huge imaginative vitality - Sydney Morning Herald
a fitting follow-up to the Otori series - The Age
a must-read - Aurealis
[Hearn's] new epic seems sure to recruit a fresh legion of fans - The Saturday Paper
colourful and fascinating characters - warriors, ghosts, sorcerers and supernatural beings - are everywhere in this epic - Courier-Mail
the reader fully and unquestioningly inhabits the teeming, bloodthirsty but fascinating medieval world Hearn has created - Adelaide Advertiser
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About Lian Hearn
Lian's passionate interest in Japan began when she was a teenager. She received an AsiaLink arts fellowship for travel and research in 1999. She travels frequently to Japan and has studied Japanese for many years. She has always been deeply interested in languages and has a BA and MA in French and Spanish from Oxford University. She worked as an editor and film critic in England and Australia before beginning her career as a novelist in 1986, under the name of Gillian Rubinstein, with the bestselling and award-winning children's novel Space Demons.
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