Paperback, 259 pages

English language

Published Nov. 23, 2004 by Gallery Books.

ISBN:
978-1-4165-0964-6
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4 stars (19 reviews)

Book Three of Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle. Darkness threatens to overtake Earthsea: the world and its wizards are losing their magic. Despite being wearied with age, Ged Sparrowhawk -- Archmage, wizard, and dragonlord -- embarks on a daring, treacherous journey, accompanied by Enlad's young Prince Arren, to discover the reasons behind this devastating pattern of loss. Together they will sail to the farthest reaches of their world -- even beyond the realm of death -- as they seek to restore magic to a land desperately thirsty for it.

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a well-written fantasy novel set in fascinating world...

short plot description: told from the perspective of Arren, prince of the land Enlad, we follow the chain of events set in motion when Arren brings a message from his father to the wizards of Roke and their archmage Ged Sparrowhawk. The magic of Earthsea is failing and practioners of the magic arts are losing their words of power and their minds. Worried about this development Ged Sparrowhawk and Arren embark on a journey which will bring them to the farthest shore of Earthsea and even beyond...

My thoughts: though there is a sword and sorcery and a quest and dragons this is not your typical sword-and-sorcery book. The pacing is slow and Le Guin goes to some lengths to acquaint us with the charactes and their motivation. This is the third book in the Earthsea cycle so the world is quite …

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