Grass for His Pillow
is the second book in the
Tales of the Otori
series by Lian Hearn. Don't miss the
related
series,
The Tale of Shikanoko.
Praised for its epic scope and descriptive detail,
Across the Nightingale Floor
, the first book in the Tales of the Otori series, was an international bestseller and critical success, named by the
London Times
as "the most compelling novel to have been published this year." With
, Book Two, we return to the medieval Japan of Lian Hearn's creation—a land of harsh beauty and deceptive appearances.
In a complex social hierarchy, amid dissembling clans and fractured allegiances, there is no place for passionate young love. The orphan Takeo has been condemned to work as an assassin—an enforced occupation that his father sacrificed his own life to escape. Meanwhile, Takeo’s beloved Shirakawa Kaede, heir to the Murayama and alone in the world, must find a way to unify the domain she has inherited, as she fights off the advances of would-be suitors and hopes against fading hope that Takeo will return to her...