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  • Emperor of the Eight Islands

  • The Tale of Shikanoko, Books 1 & 2
  • By: Lian Hearn
  • Narrated by: Paul English
  • Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins

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Emperor of the Eight Islands

By: Lian Hearn
Narrated by: Paul English
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Summary

Books 1 and 2 in The Tale of Shikanoko series. The first instalment in a magnificent epic by the creator of the global phenomenon the Tales of the Otori, Lian Hearn, whose books have sold over four million copies worldwide.

An ambitious warlord leaves his nephew for dead and seizes his lands.

A stubborn father forces his younger son to surrender his wife to his older brother.

A mysterious woman seeks five fathers for her children.

A powerful priest meddles in the succession to the Lotus Throne.

These are the threads of an intricate tapestry in which the laws of destiny play out against a backdrop of wild forest, elegant court, and savage battlefield. Set in a mythical medieval Japan inhabited by warriors and assassins, ghosts and guardian spirits, Emperor of the Eight Islands by Lian Hearn is a brilliantly imagined novel, full of drama and intrigue – the beginning of an enthralling, epic adventure: The Tale of Shikanoko.

©2016 Lian Hearn Associates Pty Ltd. (P)2016 Bolinda
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