Heaven's Net is Wide

A beautifully realized setting, action and romance played out across a couple of generations, a high-class voyage to the long ago and far away – Lian Hearn has written a saga that will continue to give pleasure to many.Ursula K. Le Guin

An indispensable introduction to a remarkable saga. I was spurred into re-reading the whole thing. It was pure pleasure. The setting is beautiful and beautifully described, the story clicks into place perfectly.Sunday Telegraph

Scenes of exquisite beauty and tension, aided by the mesh of Hearn's meticulous and convincing imagined world.Literary Review

A thrilling story of violent combat, legend and passion.Herald