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Grass for his pillow

Part of the Tales of the Otori ; bk. 2 series
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In the ancient Oriental lands of the Otori, amidst a time of violent war, famine and treacherous alliances, the fate of the young lovers Otori Takeo and Shirakawa Kaede hangs in the balance . . . Takeo, heir to the great Otori clan, has pledged his life to the secret Tribe.

His supernatural skills of virtual invisibility and acute hearing make him their most deadly assassin.

But he must deny the solemn oath of vengeance he made, his adopted birthright of wealth, land and power - and his love for Kaede.

If he does not devote himself entirely to the brutal ways of the Tribe, they will kill him.

Whichever path he choose, it will lead to hardship and sacrifice in the bitter winter of the high mountains, and test him to the limits of his being. Kaede, heiress to vast lands, is now the valuable pawn of ruthless warlords.

She must use her intelligence, beauty and cunning to assert her place in a world of all-powerful men - who must never suspect the dangerous secret she hides. `The beauty, savagery and strangeness of Hearn's gripping tale is heightened by her exquisite, crystalline prose.

The second instalment in the Tales of the Otori is, astonishingly, even better than Across the Nightingale Floor' Independent on Sunday

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Product Details
Picador
0330412736 / 9780330412735
Paperback
823.92
02/04/2004
United Kingdom
English
Fantasy
333 p.
20 cm
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Quiz No: 211062, Points 15.00, Book Level 6.30,
Upper Years - Key Stage 3 Learn More
Reprint. Originally published: London: Macmillan, 2003.