The Other Wind (Earthsea Series #5) Book

The other Wind (The Earthsea Cycle, #6), Ursula K. Le Guin

The Other Wind is a fantasy novel by the American author Ursula K. Le Guin, published by Harcourt in 2001. It is the latest novel set in the fictional archipelago Earthsea. It won the annual World Fantasy Award for Best Novel.

Alder, a village sorcerer who is adept at mending, has been tormented by dreams since the death of his beloved wife Lily. Every time he falls asleep, he is brought to the wall of stones, the border between the world of the living and the dry land of the dead. The dead, including Lily, beseech him to be set free. He sought guidance from the masters of the school of wizardry on Roke.

The Master Patterner advised him to seek out Ged on the island of Gont. Ged, the ex-Archmage, is powerless as a wizard, but knows more of the world of the dead than anyone living. Alder finds Ged. He is alone, as his Kargish wife Tenar and adopted daughter Tehanu have been summoned to Havnor to counsel King Lebannen. Ged listens to Alder's tale and recommends he go to Havnor to speak to both the king and his family.

Alder sails to Havnor and tells his story. Lebannen is concerned, but has other worries. The king of the Kargs, a warlike people from the East who despise sorcery, has sent his daughter to marry Lebannen as the price for peace between them, a demand that angers Lebannen. Furthermore, dragons have been menacing the islands in the West.

Soon after Alder arrives, dragons encroach further east than ever before, finally to Havnor itself. The king and his people ride to deal with them. Tehanu goes with him because she has a kinship with dragons, having as a young girl summoned the great dragon Kalessin, who called her daughter. She speaks to a dragon who delivers a cryptic message that the dragons are angry that men have stolen part of their land in the furthest west. The dragons do, however, agree to a truce and to send an emissary. ...

تاریخ نخستین خوانش: روز ششم ماه فوریه سال 2008 میلادی

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