The Farthest Shore

The Farthest Shore is a fantasy novel by the American author Ursula K. Le Guin, first published by Atheneum in 1972. It is the third novel in the series commonly called the Earthsea Cycle. Since the next Earthsea novel, Tehanu, would not be released until 1990, The Farthest Shore is sometimes called the final book in the so-called "Earthsea trilogy", beginning with A Wizard of Earthsea and The Tombs of Atuan. The Farthest Shore follows the wizard Ged in an adventure. The Farthest Shore won the 1973 National Book Award in the category of Children's Books. Studio Ghibli's animated film Tales from Earthsea was based primarily on this novel.