Tehanu [Paperback]

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 Cyclehas 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.A Reading Group Guide for

The Earthsea Cycle
By Ursula K. Le Guin

About the Earthsea Cycle

Earthsea is a fictional realm originally created by Ursula K. Le Guin for her short story The Word of Unbinding, published in 1964. Earthsea became the setting for six books, beginning withA Wizard of Earthsea,and continuing withThe Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, Tehanu, Tales from Earthsea,andThe Other Wind.All are set in the world of Earthsea. Each novel in the series has received a prestigious literary award, including the 1969Boston Globe –Horn BookAward for Fiction and the 1979 Lewis Carroll Shelf Award forA Wizard of Earthsea,the 1972 Newbery Honor forThe Tombs of Atuan,the 1973 National Book Award for Children's Books forThe Farthest Shore,the 1990 Nebula Award for Best Novel forTehanu,and the 2002 World Fantasy Award for BestlãÙ