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A wizard of Earthsea

Title:

Alternate title:

Earthsea. A wizard of Earthsea

Author:

Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018, author.

Series:

Earthsea ;

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Summary:

Ged was the greatest sorcerer in all Earthsea, but once he was called Sparrowhawk, a reckless youth, hungry for power and knowledge, who tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance.

General Note:

Maps on endpapers.

With a new afterword by the author.

Originally published: Berkeley, Calif. : Parnassus Press, 1968.

Contents:

Warriors in the mist -- The shadow -- The school for wizards -- The loosing of the shadow -- The dragon of Pendor -- Hunted -- The hawk's flight -- Hunting -- Iffish -- The open sea.

Physical Description:

224 pages ; 22 cm.

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Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin,

Publication Date:

2012