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Is part of Children of the Otori Lian Hearn , 2019 series - author novel (number 1 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2019... 2019 Orphan Warriors
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''It was as if they were pieces on a board which had been kicked over, each scattered in the dirt and alone.'

'Orphaned or left fatherless: such is the fate of many children of the Otori and the Tribe. Sunaomi and Chikara, sons of Arai Zenko, also carry the burden of their father's treachery, but their aunt, Kaede, is able to save their lives on condition they become novice monks and never leave the temple at Terayama.

'Sunaomi has been brought up as a warrior, yet his grandmother is Muto Shizuka. He cannot escape that he is also a child of the Tribe. As he discovers unimagined talents within himself he comes up against Hisao, Takeo's son, the ghostmaster, as well as Saga Hideki, the most powerful warlord in the realm, the Emperor's General.

'Taking place in the magical medieval world of Tales of the Otori and following on from The Harsh Cry of the Heron, Orphan Warriors is a coming-of-age adventure story in a human world of courage and sacrifice behind which always hovers a supernatural world of danger and dread.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hachette Australia , 2019 .
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      Extent: 384p.
      Reprinted: 2020
      Note/s:
      • Published 25 June 2019.

      ISBN: 9780733641213, 9780733641589, 9780733641220
    • Balmain, Glebe - Leichhardt - Balmain area, Sydney Inner West, Sydney, New South Wales,: Ligature , 2020 .
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      Extent: 298p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 2nd December 2020.
      ISBN: 9781925883367, 1925883361
Alternative title: Les guerriers orphelins
Language: French
    • Paris,
      c
      France,
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      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Gallimard Jeunesse ,
      2021 .
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      Extent: 400p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 4 March 2021.
      ISBN: 9782075138789

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Works about this Work

Books Arrive in the Mail Bruce Gillespie , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: SF Commentary , July vol. 102 no. 2020; (p. 28)

— Review of Shadows in the Stone Jack Dann , 2019 single work novel ; Orphan Warriors Lian Hearn , 2019 single work novel ; Sibling Assassins Lian Hearn , 2020 single work novel
[Review] Orphan Warriors Clare Rhoden , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 127 2020;

— Review of Orphan Warriors Lian Hearn , 2019 single work novel
[Review] Orphan Warriors Clare Rhoden , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 127 2020;

— Review of Orphan Warriors Lian Hearn , 2019 single work novel
Books Arrive in the Mail Bruce Gillespie , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: SF Commentary , July vol. 102 no. 2020; (p. 28)

— Review of Shadows in the Stone Jack Dann , 2019 single work novel ; Orphan Warriors Lian Hearn , 2019 single work novel ; Sibling Assassins Lian Hearn , 2020 single work novel
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