Lian Hearn
Blossoms and Shadows
The arrival of the Western powers in Japan in the 1850s forced decades of simmering unrest into the open: a…
Heaven’s Net Is Wide: The First Tale of the Otori
In this gripping prequel to the Otori novels set in an alternate feudal Japan, Hearn delves into the back story…
The Harsh Cry Of The Heron
In this engrossing fourth and final volume of Hearn’s Otori series (though a prequel series is in the works), the…
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