Tehanu is the fourth book set in the Archipelago of Earthsea. It was published in 1990, roughly twenty years after the original Earthsea trilogy, and is subtitled “The Last Book of Earthsea,” though two more volumes followed.
In this novel, Ursula K. Le Guin continues the stories of Tenar, the heroine of the second book in the cycle (The Tombs of Atuan), and Ged, the protagonist of the first (A Wizard of Earthsea). Tehanu received both the Nebula Award for Best Novel (1990) and the Locus Award.
Years ago, they escaped together from the ominous land of the Tombs of Atuan — she, a young solitary priestess, and he, a powerful wizard.
Now she is a farmer’s widow, having chosen a simple, ordinary life for herself; and he is a broken man, mourning the loss of his power, with no choice but to live in its absence.
In their youth, they helped each other through darkness and countless dangers, sharing extraordinary adventures like no others. Now they must join forces again to help someone else in need: a child marked in body and soul, whose destiny is still unknown.
