![]() ![]() ![]() His family and neighbours follow the gentle but outlawed faith of the Hidden, and he is oblivious to the clan feuds and power struggles brewing beyond his tiny mountain village. ![]() The book lived up to its reputation and dragged me, wide-eyed and wondering, into a thrilling tale of revenge, intrigue and forbidden love.Īt the age of sixteen, Tomasu knows little of the outside world. After all, when you’ve looked forward to reading something for so long, there’s always a fear that it might not be as good as you expected. And yet, when I began reading yesterday morning, it was with some trepidation. I was intrigued by Hearn’s world, which is inspired by medieval Japan and promised to be refreshingly different from the pseudo-European fantasy norm. Although I only visited Tokyo last year, I’ve long been interested in certain aspects of Japanese history: the samurai, especially, and the codes of honour and nobility that governed their society. ![]()
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