The Earthsea Quartet is a wonderful fantasy fable full of the
colour and world-building you would expect of any good fantasy, but the
added depth of complex and layered philosophy and a moral fable embeded
into this unique story of young boy's journey into adulthood. Ged, or
Sparrow, is a young man growing up on the rocky shores of Gond, a
peaceful but difficult place to live, full of goat herders and
blacksmiths and the like. He is discovered to have the gifts of
wizardry, and this takes him on a journey around Earthsea that takes him
from coast to coast, and uncovers his own issues with arrogance, pride,
ambition and the consequences of power. An amazingly deep, subtle, yet
profound book, where wizards are mighty more because they can control
tides and rain that the lucrative and essential fishing, boating and
farming industries rely on; rather than their ability to spew fire and
lightning (which they do still have). Read it, but it will demand your
time and effort. It is worth it.
5 out of 5 stars
Look out for the epic, dark fantasy ebooks of Goodreads-rated author T.P. Grish at:
http://booksoftpgrish.blogspot.com.au/
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