Emperor of the Eight Islands

<p>An ambitious warlord leaves his nephew for dead and seizes his lands.<br><br>A stubborn father forces his younger son to surrender his wife to his older brother.<br><br>A mysterious woman seeks five fathers for her children.<br><br>A powerful priest meddles in the succession to the Lotus Throne.<br><br>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,<i> Emperor of the Eight Islands</i> by Lian Hearn is a brilliantly imagined novel, full of drama and intrigue – the beginning of an enthralling, epic adventure: The Tale of Shikanoko.</p>