description: 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...
language: English
title: Across The Nightingale Floor
titlecomplete: Across The Nightingale Floor
characters: Lord Iida, Otori Takeo
genres: Adventure, Historical, Fantasy, Japan, Asia, Young Adult, Historical Fantasy, Romance, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 41017
series: Tales of the Otori
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Wirral Paperback of the Year, name: Peter Pan Award, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
category: Preis der Jugendjury, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Lincoln Award, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Carnegie Medal, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: La Nuit du Livre
category: Littérature
publisher: Hodder Headline