num_pages: 226
description: Classics of high fantasy, Ursula K. Le Guin's three previous Earthsea novels--A Wizard Of Earthsea, The Tombs Of Atuan, and The Farthest Shore--have been compared with J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and C.S. Lewis' Narnia stories as being among the genre's greatest creations. Now the fourth and final volume, Tehanu, brings to a conclusion the remarkable Earthsea cycle with a revelation of wisdom, wonder, and literary wizardry. Once she'd been a priestess, quest-companion to a powerful mage, a student of high magic. Then she gave it all up to be a farmer's wife on Gont, content to lead a simple life. But Tenar was not born to live her days in peace, away from great events. A dying wizard and an abused child were the first to call her back to the path she had abandoned. For the end of the adventure beckoned and Tenar would be there along with the dragons, mages, and the young king himself to share in the unforgettable fate of the kingdom known as Earthsea."A tale with the universality and dignity of legend . . . . Consummately imagines . . . . A grand conclusion to a revered cycle." --Kirkus Reviews
language: English
title: Tehanu
titlecomplete: Tehanu (Earthsea Cycle, #4)
characters: Ged, Therru, Tenar
genres: High Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Magic, Fantasy, Dragons, Classics, Fiction, Adventure, Science Fiction Fantasy
ratings_count: 47728
places: Earthsea Realm
series: Earthsea Cycle
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Fantasy Novel, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Atheneum