A Wizard of Earthsea, 1 -- Ursula K. Le Guin, Mass Market Paperback Sports & Recreation and overall worldview

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A Wizard of Earthsea, 1 -- Ursula K. Le Guin, Mass Market Paperback Sports & Recreation and overall worldviewThe first novel of Ursula K. Le Guin's must read Books of Earthsea. Ged was the greatest sorcerer in Earthsea, but in his youth he was the reckless Sparrowhawk. In his hunger for power and knowledge, he tampered with long held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tumultuous tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an ancient dragon, and crossed death's threshold to restore the balance. With