A Wizard of Earthsea Author:Ursula K. LeGuin Gont, the island famous for wizards...Ged, the young wizard of the isles... — In his day Ged, called Sparrowhawk, became both dragonlorfd and Archmage. His story is told in many songs, but this is the haunting tale of a proud, lonely boy in the time before his fame. — It is a tale of wizards, dragons and shadows played out in Earthsea, a world of ... more »numberless islands and vast oceans where mages, looking for adventure, wandered, working magic...« less
Classic in fantasy literature. Boy wizard, school of magic, quest to save the world from an unknown evil, speaking with dragons, magic-driven sailing. Published in 1968, she was ahead of her time.