The Nebula Award and Locus Award-winning fourth novel in the beloved
Earthsea series by Ursula K. LeGuin
Years before, they had escaped together from the sinister Tombs of
Atuan--she, an isolated young priestess, he, a powerful wizard. Now she
is a farmer's widow, having chosen for herself the simple pleasures of
an ordinary life. And he is a broken old man, mourning the powers lost
to him not by choice.
A lifetime ago, they helped each other at a time of darkness and danger.
Now they must join forces again, to help another -- the physically and
emotionally scarred child whose own destiny remains to be revealed.
With millions of copies sold, Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle has
earned a treasured place on the shelves of fantasy lovers everywhere.
Complex, innovative, and deeply moral, this quintessential fantasy
sequence has been compared with the work of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S.
Lewis, and has helped make Le Guin one of the most distinguished fantasy
and science fiction writers of all time.