Across The Nightingale Floor

Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn In his
black-walled fortress at Inuyama the warlord Iida Sadamu
surveys his famous nightingale floor. Constructed with
exquisite skill it sings at the tread of each human foot.
No assassin can cross it unheard. The youth Takeo has been
brought up in a remote mountain village among the Hidden a
reclusive and spiritual people who have taught him only
the ways of peace. But unbeknownst to him his father was a
celebrated assassin and a member of the Tribe an ancient
network of families with extraordinary preternatural
skills. When Takeos village is pillaged he is rescued and
adopted by the mysterious Lord Otori Shigeru. Under the
tutelage of Shigeru he learns that he too possesses the
skills of the Tribe. And with this knowledge he embarks on
a journey that will lead him across the famed nightingale
floor—and to his own unimaginable destiny…