Tales of the Otori: Across the Nightingale Floor : Tales of the Otori Book One (Series #1) (Paperback)

from TadAD

I so wanted to like this series a lot after reading this book. Unfortunately, all I can say is that it's OK. And then, I can only say that as far as Book 3, as I haven't gone on with it. This wasn't a bad start to the series. I enjoyed the feudal-Japan-in-all-but-name setting; I found the charact...

from fyrefly98

Summary: Tomasu never thought he was anything more than boy living with his mother and stepfather in a small mountain village. When a fierce warlord on a campaign of religious persecution attacks Tomasu's village and kills everyone in it, he barely escapes with his life. He is found and protected...

from bkoopman

Set in a remarkably envisioned feudal Japan, it would be easy to mistake this book for historic fiction. Across the Nightingale Floor has opened my eyes to a new subgenre: historical fantasy. Nightingale fits this subgenre only in its superb rendering of a place in time. Takeo is the hero, orphan...

from Cygnus555

I love a good Fantasy story that isn't too over the top. I put "Name of the Wind" by Rothfuss and the Dragonlance Trilogy in this grouping. I now add "Across the Nightingale Floor". I found this book by chance in Moab, Utah. This little independent bookstore "Back of Beyond Books" had a whole set...

from stephmo

In one afternoon, Takeo (once Tomasu of the Hidden) sees his life go from that of a simple, peace-loving country boy to being the adoptive son of the leader of the Otori clan, being trained in the way of a warrior. As we make our way through the story, we'll discover that the annihilation of an e...