What really touched me however and is still living in my feelings at this moment in time is the relationship between Arren and Ged. That alone was some of my favourite parts of the audio book. What I was really impressed with and that made me really feel the magical awe for Earthsea is how he narrates the dragons. His narration adds fantastically to the world building as Arren and Ged travel around the smaller islands of the archipelago where they meet those further and further away from the main civilisation.

The narrator, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, managed both the young lilt of Arren and the gravelly tone Ged now speaks with after many years of travel. I listened to this on audio book for the sake of convenience and I truly enjoyed it far more for it. As the conclusion to his story, this book truly delivers for a narrative and emotional standpoint. This time, Ged is a weary old man, unwilling to give into impulse and leave the magically secured island.

Once again we see Ged decades after the end of the previous story and further into his maturity. We meet Arren, the prince and heir to Enlad, on his way to Ged, now the Archmage on the island of Roke the home of the wizards of Earthsea. Similar to the previous story, we aren’t following Ged’s perspective but another younger character who’s story is directly tied to him. If you only read as far as it, I wager you would be satisfied with this wonderful series. The Farthest Shore is one of the most wonderful, heartwarming books I’ve read this year. So this for some people is the end of the Earthsea original series since the next book, ‘Tehanu’ wasn’t published for another 18 years after this book and it follows Tenar as the protagonist. 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.

Despite being wearied with age, Ged Sparrowhawk – Archmage, wizard, and dragonlord - embarks on a daring, treacherous journey, accompanied by Enlad’s young Prince Arren, to discover the reasons behind this devastating pattern of loss. Read on to know why a 27 year old cried over an old wizard.ĭarkness threatens to overtake Earthsea: the world and its wizards are losing their magic. It’s because I started with possibly one of my new favourite series of all time and this one in particular made me cry. How you may I ask? I would like to say I have grown more consistent and better at time management but you all know it’s a lie. It’s me, Hedwig/Kayleigh, still following a TBR I set myself. The dance is always danced above the hollow place, above the terrible abyss.’

The farthest shore le guin