This is what I found so compelling about Across the Nightingale Floor – I didn’t have to wade through long, involved description about how a place looks, but got to experience it through the characters’ reactions. This established setting allows Hearn to rid the first book of almost all exposition about location. It is as if Hearn has set the series in feudal Japan while giving herself an out for making mistakes (of course I could just not know enough to spot the integral differences between medieval Japan and the world of the Otori). Hearn sets the action in a supposedly fictionalized version of feudal Japan, however the characters and culture are so firmly placed in the world of ninja and geisha that world building doesn’t actually seem necessary (or indeed to have taken place). Everything that Takeo and Kaede have achieved is threatened.In full ninja versus samurai fashion, Hearn delivers a kinetic, heartbreaking, and uplifting resolution to a thoroughly gripping saga.I found much of the first of the Tales of the Otori series - Across the Nightingale Floor - completely compelling. Meanwhile, the violent acts and betrayals of the past will not lie buried, and other secrets will not stay hidden. Their success has attracted the attention of the distant Emperor and his general, the warlord Saga Hideki, who covet the wealth of the Countries. Takeo and his beloved consort Kaede have three daughters and a happy family life. The surprise fourth installment (and real conclusion), The Harsh Cry of the Heron achieves new heights of drama and action.Sixteen years of peace and prosperity have passed since Lord Otori Takeo united the Three Countries.
Grand and complex in its themes, elegantly written, each book in the original trilogy has become a worldwide bestseller. Print The Harsh Cry of the Heron: Book 4 Tales of the OtoriĪn epic fantasy set in a mythical, medieval Japan, Lian Hearn's Tales of the Otori series has crossed genres, generations, and genders.
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