<DIV><p>A beautiful, haunting evocation of the medieval Japan of Lian Hearn's imagination, this thrilling follow-up to <B>Grass for His Pillow</B> and <B>Across the Nightingale Floor</B> delves deeper into the complex loyalties that bind its characters from birth. Filled with adventure and surprising twists of plot and fortune, this final volume travels beyond the Three Countries, to the outside influences that threaten to intrude upon this isolated realm.</p> </div>