Tehanu (Earthsea Cycle)

by Ursula K. Le Guin

Part of Earthsea Cycle, book 4

First published 2004

The once-great wizard Sparrowhawk lies broken, his powers drained. But his old friend Tenar refuses to let him fade away. As she nurses him back to health, they must confront the ghosts of their pasts and the changing nature of magic itself. In this final chapter of the Earthsea saga, Le Guin weaves a poignant tale of friendship, mortality, and the enduring power of the human spirit.

Genres: fiction, literary-fiction, fantasy, magic

Vibes: intimate, lyrical, thought-provoking

Tropes: found-family, redemption

320 pages · Paperback · Atheneum Books for Young Readers

More by Ursula K. Le Guin

• Very Far Away from Anywhere Else
• The Dispossessed [50th Anniversary Edition]
• The Language of the Night
• The Telling
• The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle)
• Orsinian Tales
• The Left Hand of Darkness
• A Wizard of Earthsea (The Books of Earthsea, 1)

Readers who liked Tehanu (Earthsea Cycle) also liked

• Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
• The Crane Husband
• Thornhedge
• Murtagh
• Pocketful of Us
• [(Tamsin)] [By (author) Peter S Beagle] published on (June, 2004)