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The Harsh Cry of the Heron

by Lian Hearn · Tales of the Otori series

Fifteen years after the trilogy's end, peace fractures as Takeo's daughters come of age and foreign powers arrive with new weapons. Hearn returns to the Three Countries for a longer, darker reckoning with empire, succession, and what victory actually built.

Tales of the Otori in reading order

• 1. Across the Nightingale Floor: Tales of the Otori — Lian Hearn
• 2. Grass for His Pillow — Lian Hearn
• 3. Brilliance of the Moon — Kevin Gray / Aiko Nakasone / Lian Hearn
• 4. The Harsh Cry of the Heron — Lian Hearn

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