Publisher's Synopsis
ACROSS THE NIGHTINGALE FLOOR has been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the trilogy is currently being filmed for the big-screen by Universal Pictures The powerful conclusion to the Tales of the Otori trilogy Set in an imagined medieval Japan, Book Three is a thrilling-and-surprising-follow-up to the previous adventures of Takeo and Kaede. Taking us deeper into the complexities of the loyalties that bind the novel's characters at birth, BRILLIANCE OF THE MOON goes beyond its transcendent storytelling in demonstrating how we are shaped by forces outside of our control and yet must forge our own destinies all the same.