Used - Tales of the Otori, Across the Nightingale Floor - Lian Hearn

In 14th-century mythical medieval Japan, young Takeo grows up in a peaceful community that condemns violence. But it is massacred by the men of Iida, leader of the Tohan clan. Takeo, saved by Lord Shigeru of the Otori Clan, finds himself plunged into the heart of bloody struggles between warlords.

He must follow his destiny. But who is he? Peasant, lord or assassin? Where do his prodigious gifts come from? When he meets the beautiful Kaede, a passionate love is born between the two young people: will he have to choose between this love, his devotion to Lord Shigeru, and his desire for revenge? His quest will lead him to the fortress of Inuyama, when he walks on the "Nightingale Floor". Will the nightingale sing that night?