Description
| Product ID: | 9781509812790 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | The Tale of Shikanoko |
| Title: | Emperor of the Eight Islands |
| Authors: | Author: Lian Hearn |
| Page Count: | 448 |
| Subjects: | Fantasy, Fantasy |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. <p>An ambitious warlord leaves his nephew for dead and seizes his lands.<br><br>A stubborn father forces his younger son to surrender his wife to his older brother.<br><br>A mysterious woman seeks five fathers for her children.<br><br>A powerful priest meddles in the succession to the Lotus Throne.<br><br>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,<i> Emperor of the Eight Islands</i> by Lian Hearn is a brilliantly imagined novel, full of drama and intrigue – the beginning of an enthralling, epic adventure: The Tale of Shikanoko.</p> |
| Imprint Name: | Picador |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-01-26 |
