Brilliance of the Moon
Tales of the Otori Book Three
The Tales of the Otori: Book #3
- By: Lian Hearn
- Narrated by: Kevin Gray & Aiko Nakasone
- Length: 9 hours 56 minutes
Description
Brilliance of the Moon is the third book in the Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn. A beautiful, haunting evocation of the medieval Japan of Lian Hearn's imagination, this thrilling follow-up to Grass for His Pillow and Across the Nightingale Floor delves deeper into the complex loyalties that bind its characters from birth. Filled with adventure and surprising twists of plot and fortune, this third book in the Tales of the Otori series travels beyond the Three Countries, to the outside influences that threaten to intrude upon this isolated realm.
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The Tales of the Otori Series

Across the Nightingale Floor
By: Lian Hearn
Narrated by: Kevin Gray & Aiko Nakasone
Length: 8 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
A tour-de-force novel set in ancient Japan filled with passion, fantasy, and feuding warlords. The first volume in the highly anticipated "Tales of the Otori" trilogy.
Sixteen-year-old Takeo's village has been massacred by an evil warlord, and he is about to be slain by the men who murdered his parents and neighbors. At the last moment, his... Read more »

Grass for His Pillow
By: Lian Hearn
Narrated by: Kevin Gray & Aiko Nakasone
Length: 9 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
Book II of the internationally best-selling Tales of the Otori trilogy, a sweeping saga set in a mythical, medieval Japan.
In Book I of the Otori trilogy, Across the Nightingale Floor, Lian Hearn created a wholly original, fully-realized fantasy world where great powers clashed and young love dawned... Read more »

Brilliance of the Moon
By: Lian Hearn
Narrated by: Kevin Gray & Aiko Nakasone
Length: 9 hours 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Brilliance of the Moon is the third book in the Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn. A beautiful, haunting evocation of the medieval Japan of Lian Hearn's imagination, this thrilling follow-up to Grass for His Pillow and Across the Nightingale Floor delves deeper into the complex loyalties that bind its characters from birth. Filled with... Read more »
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The Harsh Cry of the Heron
By: Lian Hearn
Narrated by: Julia Fletcher & Henri Lubatti
Length: 19 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
An epic fantasy set in a mythical, medieval Japan, Lian Hearn's Tales of the Otori series has crossed genres, generations, and genders. Grand and complex in its themes, elegantly written, each book in the original trilogy has become a worldwide bestseller. The surprise fourth installment (and real conclusion), The Harsh Cry of the Heron... Read more »
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Heaven's Net Is Wide
By: Lian Hearn
Narrated by: Paul Boehmer & Julia Fletcher
Length: 17 hours 50 minutes
Abridged: No
The prequel to the beloved Otori tales both completes and introduces the series while standing firmly on its own, recounting a mythical, medieval world of ninjas and samurais.
As Tolkien's The Silmarillion is to The Lord of the Rings, Lian Hearn's Heaven's Net Is Wide is the backstory fans have been yearning for.
Set before the Tales of the... Read more »