This new epic trilogy set in a feudal Japan, has already become a best-selling sensation, earning comparisons to The Lord of the Rings. It begins with the legend of a nightingale floor in a black-walled fortress/a floor that sings in alarm at the step of an assassin. It will take true courage and all the skills of an ancient Tribe for one orphaned youth named Takeo to discover the magical destiny that awaits him ... across the nightingale floor. A tale of an ancient tradition mined by spies and assassins. A society of strict codes with purity and innocence touched by love.