The Farthest Shore : The Third Book of Earthsea

A Wizard of Earthsea reads like the retelling of a tale first told centuries ago, and whose twists and turns have been handed down through generations of storytellers. It is timeless. . . . Le Guins words are magical. Drink this magic up. Drown in it. Dream it David Mitchell, author of CLOUD ATLAS [This] trilogy made me look at the world in a new way, imbued everything with a magic that was so much deeper than the magic Id encountered before then. This was a magic of words, a magic of true speaking Neil Gaiman The third book of Earthsea in a beautiful hardback edition. Complete the collection with A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan and Tehanu. With illustrations from Charles Vess 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 Enlads 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. [This] trilogy made me look at the world in a new way, imbued everything with a magic that was so much deeper than the magic Id encountered before then. This was a magic of words, a magic of true speaking Neil Gaiman Drink this magic up. Drown in it. Dream it David Mitchell