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Original Title:	Heaven's Net Is Wide
ISBN:	159448953X (ISBN13: 9781594489532)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Tales of the Otori #0
Characters:	Shigeru
Literary Awards:	Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel (2007)

Heaven's Net Is Wide (Tales of the Otori #0)

Lian Hearn

Hardcover | Pages: 560 pages

Rating: 4.16 | 7190 Users | 314 Reviews

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Title	:	Heaven's Net Is Wide (Tales of the Otori #0)
Author	:	Lian Hearn
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 560 pages
Published	:	August 16th 2007 by Riverhead Hardcover (first published 2007)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Cultural. Japan. Young Adult. Romance

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The new beginning — and the grand finale to — the beloved Tales of the Otori series.

Heaven's Net Is Wide is the new first volume of the now complete Tales of the Otori — prequel to Across the Nightingale Floor, the book that first introduced Hearn's mythical, medieval Japanese world. This is the story of Lord Otori Shigeru — who has presided over the entire series as a sort of spiritual warrior-godfather — the man who saved Takeo and raised him as his own and heir to the Otori clan. This sweeping novel expands on what has been only hinted at before: Shigeru's training in the ways of the warrior and feudal lord, his relationship with the Tribe of mysteriously powerful assassins, the battles that tested his skills and talents, and his fateful meeting with Lady Maruyama.

Heaven's Net Is Wide is an epic tale of warfare, loyalty, love, and heartbreak. This book leaves off where Across the Nightingale Floor begins, finally bringing the Otori series full circle. And while it both completes and introduces the Tales of the Otori, it also stands on its own as a satisfying, dramatic novel of feudal Japan.

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i can't decide if it would be better to read this as the first book in the series or the last cos i want to read Across the Nightingale Floor all over again! I'm officially putting this series on my list of favorites 😍😍😍

3 stars. I liked it, but not enough to give it 4. This is technically the 'prequel' to the other 4 books in the Tales of the Otori sequence, detailing the story of Lord Shigeru, the legal head of the noble Otori clan and his battle with the evil Iida clan and his own treacherous uncles. It's an entertaining slice of back story - not an essential read by any means, but it completes the set quite nicely.

I recommend this to be the first book read in the series (it is written last, but as a prequel to the other four).The story is beautiful, describing ancient Japan with its beautiful houses and gardens, samurais and their conduct codes, ninjas, Christians' persecutions; it has sword fights, love, treachery, friendship and very well developed characters, that you'll grow to like and take interest in their fate. The best way is to be strong enough to make your enemy think twice about attacking



Although chronologically it is the start of this epic story, I followed the numbering and it was the last to be read. Not sure if it would have the same impact if it was the first to be read, but then, all the others would have felt different. So, hard to say if best like this or the other way around.It is great to go back to the story after a while and understand some subtleties that were left untold and clouded in mist on the first four volumes. The relationship between Shigeru and Naomi,

First book I've read by Lian Hearn, and it was a long one. I am not familiar with Japanese history, so I came to this only knowing that the author had done a lot of research for the period in which her story occurs: a period with a stratified society of warriors, farmers, merchants, and others. The warriors are held above all others in this society, and have a variety of codes they live by. This is a prequel for Hearn's "Tales of the Otori" series, with the main character being Shigeru. We

Took me almost 6 weeks to finish this.Once you've read a trilogy and its final part in the 4th book, it's very hard, at least for me to have to read the 5th book as the 'prequel'.Seeing as I already knew how it's going to play out, the motivation wasn't really there to dip into this story as often as i have done with the previous four books.It was a lovely insight into Shigeru's upbringing and past, which led him to begin his quest in 'Across the Nightingale Floor' (Book 1)However if I had a