The 3rd title in the compelling Tales of the Otori – the storyplot that began with Over the Nightingale Floor and Grass for his Pillow, Brilliance of the Moon by Lian Hearn can be an epic tale of love, power and destiny, occur a mythical world inspired by feudal Japan.

Takeo and the exquisite Kaede, still only teenagers, are now married, however the implacable makes of future that guideline their lives rip them aside. Takeo, a battle-hardened warrior at the top of an army fighting for his Otori birthright, discovers his courage and command forged in the open fire of bloodshed and sacrifice, while his famous magical power are tested with their limitations against the unseen assassins of the Tribe. Kaede, determined to reclaim her own lands, is treacherously betrayed and compelled into marriage. Their love will survive until loss of life – but loss of life, with this savage, gorgeous world, is always only a moment away.