A thoroughly developed non-Western fantasy world provides the setting for a complex completion of what is now LeGuin's Earthsea Quartet. The plot hinges upon what a child bearing the physical and emotional damage of her first years can and will do, while middle-aged Tamar and Ged are the vehicles through which the dual struggles of choice and identity attain mythic depth. Although winged dragons will always create excitement, a more typical characteristic of this novel is the way readers are consistently shown rather than told how each character responds to the other and to the dangers to be faced. Two maps chart the fantasy locales. Honor Book, 1990 CCBC Newbery Book Discussion. (Age 12 and older)

The Nebula and Locus Award–winning fourth novel in the renowned Earthsea series from Ursula K. LeGuin gets a beautiful new repackage.

In this fourth novel in the Earthsea series, we rejoin the young priestess the Tenar and powerful wizard Ged. Years before, they had helped each other at a time of darkness and danger. Together, they shared an adventure like no other. Tenar has since embraced the simple pleasures of an ordinary life, while Ged mourns the powers lost to him through no choice of his own.
Now the two must join forces again and help another in need—the physically, emotionally scarred child whose own destiny has yet to be revealed….
With millions of copies sold worldwide, Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea Cycle has earned a treasured place on the shelves of fantasy lovers everywhere, alongside the works of such beloved authors as J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. Now the full Earthsea collection—A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, Tehanu, Tales from Earthsea, and The Other Wind—is available with a fresh, modern look that will endear it both to loyal fans and new legions of readers.