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Author
Series
Tales of the Otori volume 5
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
484 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Follows the story of spiritual mentor Lord Otori Shigeru, who receives warrior training, forges a relationship with a tribe of mysterious assassins, and meets the Lady Maruyama.
Author
Series
Tales of the Otori volume 1
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
287 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Takeo, brought up peacefully in a remote Japanese mountain village, learns that his father was a celebrated assassin, and that he, too, possesses extraordinary skills. To resolve split loyalties and his conflicted nature, Takeo embarks on a journey that will lead him to his destiny.
Author
Series
Tales of the Otori volume 2
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
292 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Adopted by an Otori Lord, orphan Takeo rises to become a closely held member of the Tribe and finds his love for Maruyama heir Shirakawa Kaede challenged by dissembling clans and fractured allegiances.
Author
Series
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 235 pages : map ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
After his father's ill-fated match with a mountain demon, Shikanoko is confronted with the wrath of Heaven and realizes that only he can end the unrest in the kingdom by returning the Lotus Throne to its rightful ruler.
Author
Series
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 269 pages : maps ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Shikanoko, now freed from the control of the evil Prince Abbot, stumbles in a haze back to the Darkwood, where he once again encounters mountain sorcerer Shisoku and the mysterious Lady Tora. Tora dies soon after giving birth to five spider children, boys with special powers who emerge from cocoons and whom Shikanoko must raise. Aki, the Autumn Princess, hides in the forest with Yoshimori, the true imperial heir, while she tries to determine how they...
Author
Series
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 251 pages : map ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
After surviving his greedy uncle's plot to murder him and steal his inheritance, orphan teen Kazumaru is taken in by sorcerer Shisoku, who dubs the lad Shikanoko, or "the deer's child." Taking possession of a magical mask, Shikanoko subsequently becomes involved in the civil war that's tearing society apart as warring factions vie for control of the empire.
Author
Series
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 220 pages : map ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A self-assured warrior stumbles into a game of Go that turns fatal. An ambitious lord leaves his nephew for dead and seizes his lands. A stubborn father forces his son to give up his wife to his older brother. A powerful priest meddles in the succession to the Lotus Throne. A woman of the Old People seeks five fathers for her five children, who will go on to found the Spider Tribe and direct the fate of the country. As destiny weaves its tapestry...
Author
Series
Tales of the Otori volume 3
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
330 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Kaede and Takeo find themselves in danger after their hasty marriage. Lord Fujiwara is furious that Kaede chose to marry another man when he considered them betrothed, and the warlord Arai considers Takeo presumptuous. The Tribe is split over the decision to kill Takeo. The young lovers must find allies in unexpected places to claim the domains that are rightfully theirs.
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