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Emperor of the Eight Islands
(2016)(The first book in the Tale of Shikanoko series)
A novel by Lian Hearn
An ambitious warrior leaves his nephew for dead and seizes his lands. A stubborn father forces his younger son to give up his wife to his older brother. A woman of the Old People seeks five fathers for her five children, the Spider Tribe, born from cocoons. A powerful priest trains a young disciple, Shikanoko, who has been made a sorcerer against his will. An intricate tapestry has been woven for two rival clans to enter a savage battle over who will be crowned emperor of the Eight Islands.
In an extraordinary story seething with intrigue, adventure and love, Lian Hearn masterfully brings to life a mythical Japanese world inhabited by assassins, ghosts, spirits, deer and monkeys. A spellbinding new work from the author of Across the Nightingale Floor.
Genre: Fantasy
In an extraordinary story seething with intrigue, adventure and love, Lian Hearn masterfully brings to life a mythical Japanese world inhabited by assassins, ghosts, spirits, deer and monkeys. A spellbinding new work from the author of Across the Nightingale Floor.
Genre: Fantasy
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June 2016 : UK Paperback
April 2016 : USA Paperback
Audio Editions
June 2016 : USA Audio edition

Title: Emperor of the Eight Islands
Author(s): Lian Hearn
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd.
Availability: Amazon
June 2016 : UK Audio edition

Title: Emperor of the Eight Islands
Author(s): Lian Hearn
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd.
Availability: Amazon UK
June 2016 : USA Audio edition

Title: Emperor of the Eight Islands: The Tale of Shikanoko, Books 1 & 2
Author(s): Lian Hearn
Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Availability: Amazon
June 2016 : Australia Audio edition

Title: Emperor of the Eight Islands: The Tale of Shikanoko, Books 1 & 2
Author(s): Lian Hearn
Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Availability: Amazon AU
June 2016 : UK Audio edition

Title: Emperor of the Eight Islands: The Tale of Shikanoko, Books 1 & 2
Author(s): Lian Hearn
Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Availability: Amazon UK
April 2016 : USA Audio CD
April 2016 : USA Audio edition

Title: Emperor of the Eight Islands
Author(s): Lian Hearn
Publisher: HighBridge, a Division of Recorded Books
Availability: Amazon
April 2016 : Canada Audio edition

Title: Emperor of the Eight Islands
Author(s): Lian Hearn
Publisher: HighBridge, a Division of Recorded Books
Availability: Amazon CA
Kindle Editions
June 2016 : UK Kindle edition

Title: Emperor of the Eight Islands (The Tale of Shikanoko Book 1)
Author(s): Lian Hearn
Publisher: Picador
Availability: Amazon UK
April 2016 : USA, Canada Kindle edition