book 3 of The Earthsea Cycle

by Ursula K. Le Guin

isbn: 0553268473
subject: Fiction and Literature, Children's Books
finished: Early Fall 1997

Ged and a young prince go on a quest to find out why magic is failing in Earthsea. Eventually, they encounter an evil and overcome it at great personal cost. It is even darker and more subdued than The Tombs of Atuan, and is a well-written story about coming of age. Unfortunately, it is also more of the same, and I didn't enjoy it nearly as much as the other two books.