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The Earthsea Cycle

A young wizard named Ged navigates a fantastical world where identity, power, and balance between magic and nature intertwine.
  • A Wizard of EarthseaUrsula K. Le Guin
    In this fantasy novel, a young and powerful wizard named Ged must defeat a dark creature of his own creation.
  • The Tombs of AtuanUrsula K. Le Guin
    After wizard Ged Sparrowhawk arrives at the Tombs of Atuan to steal an ancient treasure, he meets Tenar, a young girl who guards the Tombs and knows nothing of the outside world.
  • The Farthest ShoreUrsula K. Le Guin
    In this third book of The Earthsea Cycle, Archmage Ged and Prince Arren must travel to the end of the world in order to close a breach that threatens magic and all living things.
  • TehanuUrsula K. Le Guin
    In this fourth book of The Earthsea Cycle, the aged Tenar and Ged must find the strength to protect a badly burned child whose name — Tehanu — connects her to a white summer star.
  • Tales from EarthseaUrsula K. Le Guin
    In this fifth book of The Earthsea Cycle, five separate stories show more of the magical land, from when the school for wizards was first established to how the villagers deal with love, sickness, and natural disasters.
  • The Other WindUrsula K. Le Guin
    In this final book of The Earthsea Cycle, a sorcerer named Alder, with the help of the young king Lebannen, the shape-shifting dragon Irian, and the wizard Onyx, sails to Roke Island to help both the dead and living find peaceful freedom.

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