均衡從何處開始傾斜?
術士「赤楊」擅長修補東西,但這項能力很可能會造成毀滅。他每晚夢見亡妻站在生死之界的矮牆旁呼喚他,而矮牆也逐漸被亡魂拆除。一旦牆倒塌,亡魂將入侵地海世界。
龍與人的關連、生者與亡者的糾纏,種種謎團,智者皆無法解釋。從真王黎白南還是少年王儲亞刃時,便已撼動均衡狀態的生死之謎,唯有受噩夢所困的術士、無法蛻變成龍的龍女、平凡農婦、身不由己的異國公主掌握了關鍵……牆究竟隔絕了什麼?為何亡者之國只見人類的靈魂?龍能夠越過死牆的那一邊嗎?龍與人類的抉擇將決定地海眾生的未來。
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娥蘇拉.勒瑰恩在這部優異的三部曲中創造了龍與魔法的「地海世界」,已然取代托爾金的「中土」,成為異世界冒險的最佳場所。──倫敦週日時報
一如所有偉大的小說家,娥蘇拉.勒瑰恩創造的幻想世界重建了我們自身,是放了心靈。──波士頓全球報
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The final book in Ursula K. Le Guin’s must-read Earthsea Cycle. "The magic of Earthsea is primal; the lessons of Earthsea remain as potent, as wise, and as necessary as anyone could dream." (Neil Gaiman)
The sorcerer Alder fears sleep. The dead are pulling him to them at night. Through him they may free themselves and invade Earthsea.
Alder seeks advice from Ged, once Archmage. Ged tells him to go to Tenar, Tehanu, and the young king at Havnor. They are joined by amber-eyed Irian, a fierce dragon able to assume the shape of a woman. The threat can be confronted only in the Immanent Grove on Roke, the holiest place in the world, and there the king, hero, sage, wizard, and dragon make a last stand.
In this final book of the Earthsea Cycle, Le Guin combines her magical fantasy with a profoundly human, earthly, humble touch.
With stories as perennial and universally beloved as The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of The Rings--but also unlike anything but themselves--Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea novels are some of the most acclaimed and awarded works in literature. They have received accolades such as the National Book Award, a Newbery Honor, the Nebula Award, and many more honors, commemorating their enduring place in the hearts and minds of readers and the literary world alike.
Join the millions of fantasy readers who have explored these lands. As The Guardian put it: "Ursula Le Guin’s world of Earthsea is a tangled skein of tiny islands cast on a vast sea. The islands’ names pull at my heart like no others: Roke, Perilane, Osskil . . ."
The Earthsea Cycle includes:
- A Wizard of EarthseaThe Tombs of AtuanThe Farthest ShoreTehanuTales from EarthseaThe Other Wind