Across the Nightingale Floor

Started: 2024-06-15
Finished: 2024-09-16
Progress: 324 of 324 (100%)
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

Online Synopsis:

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...

Personal Thoughts:

My friend, "Munoz", recommended this book to me. He said it was his favorite series so far, and sent me home with his copy of this book, and another book called Kindred. My husband and I had just finished watching the 2024 Shogun Series and this book was a great continuation to the mood! It had elements of #magic, #fantasy, and #historicalfiction. I was reading The Throne of Glass Series, which featured a female assassin and magic, so the book was totally on theme with what I was consuming at the time. I loved it so much that, I ended up buying the rest of The Tales of the Otori Series. I can't wait to read more of the series!

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