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The author is a British author who developed a facination with early Japan. Hers is a fictional world of 3 Japanese warrior clans a tribe with valueable skills (hired as spies and assasins) and a hidden group with alternative religious views.

I like the story and the writing. At times it seemed a bit slow, but the characters are strong and well developed with beliefs and actions that tie them closely to their time and fictional world.

She had a four part series about the world of the "Otori" and this particular book is a prequal to that series. In the end, I did want to read more, and I think I'll start on the first book. "Across the Nightingale Floor"

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