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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.

Emperor of the Eight Islands

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    Publisher: Pan Macmillan
    Publication Date: 26/01/2017
    ISBN13: 9781509812790, 978-1509812790
    ISBN10: 1509812792

    Number of Pages: 448

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    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.

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