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Emperor of the Eight Islands
- Narrated by: Neil Shah
- Length: 13 hrs and 43 mins
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Summary
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.
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- Ross H
- 09-10-20
Good story, poor editing
Interesting tale, original and unique, full of strange magic and political intrigue, but somewhat let down by the poor editing of the audiobook.
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- Kai
- 17-10-17
some unfortunate audio bugs throughout
I enjoyed the book but throughout the recording there are times when the words are hard to understand or simply missing makeing some sentences confusing.
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- CLP
- 21-08-21
The first two novels in the series in one.
This is a really good story, though I think I like Lían Hearn's Tales of the Otori a little bit more. The overall performance is quite good though I found some of the character voices a little grating, possibly because they didn't match the idea I had formed in my head when I read these books on my e-reader. So others may not have the same reaction.
This audio book is actually the first 2 books from the series in one.
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