Emperor of the Eight Islands Audiobook (Free)

An ambitious warlord leaves his nephew for useless and seizes his lands.

A stubborn father forces his younger child to surrender his wife to his older brother.

A mysterious woman seeks five fathers for her children.

A robust priest meddles in the succession towards the Lotus Throne.

These are the threads of the intricate tapestry where the laws of future play out against a backdrop of wild forest, elegant court, and savage battlefield. Set in a mythical medieval Japan inhabited by warriors and assassins, ghosts and guardian spirits, Emperor of the Eight Islands by Lian Hearn is normally a brilliantly imagined novel, full of crisis and intrigue – which is just the beginning of an enthralling, epic adventure: The Tale of Shikanoko.