The Other Wind
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Cover of first edition (hardcover)
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| Author | Ursula K. Le Guin |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Earthsea |
| Genre | Fantasy novel |
| Published | 2001 (Harcourt Brace & Company) |
| Media type | Print (hardcover & paperback) |
| Pages | 246 |
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| OCLC | 46777444 |
| 813/.54 21 | |
| LC Class | PS3562.E42 O84 2001 |
| Preceded by | Tales from Earthsea |
The Other Wind is a fantasy novel by the American author Ursula K. Le Guin, published by Harcourt in 2001. It is the fifth and latest novel set in the fictional archipelago Earthsea. It won the annual World Fantasy Award for Best Novel and was runner up for the Locus Award, Best Fantasy Novel, among other nominations.
The Other Wind is a sequel to Tehanu, the fourth novel, and to "Dragonfly", one story collected in Tales from Earthsea.
Alder, a village sorcerer from the island of Way, has been tormented by nightmares since the death of his beloved wife Lily. Every time he falls asleep, he is brought to the wall of stones; the border that divides the world of the living from the dry land of the dead. The dead, including Lily, beseech him and ask to be set free. He sought guidance on Roke island, where the Master Patterner advised him to travel to the island of Gont and to find Ged. Ged, the ex-archmage, is powerless but knows more of the world of the dead than any other living man. Alder finds Ged who now lives in his dead master Ogion's house in Re Albi. He is alone as his wife Tenar and adopted daughter Tehanu have been summoned to see the king in Havnor. Ged listens to Alder's tale and bids him to also travel to Havnor to speak to both the king and his family.
Alder sails to Havnor and tells his story. King Lebannen is concerned, having made a journey beyond the wall of stones as a young man with Ged, but he has many other worries. The Kargs, a warlike people from the East who despise sorcery, have demanded that he marry their princess to ensure peace and dragons have been menacing the islands in the West. Soon after Alder arrives, dragons encroach further east than they have ever been before and the king sails to meet them, with Tehanu in attendance. Tehanu is present because she has a kinship with dragons, having summoned the great dragon Kalessin as a girl, who referred to her as daughter. She speaks to a dragon who delivers a cryptic message that the dragons are angry that men have stolen part of their land in the furthest west. The dragons agree to send an envoy to Havnor and call a truce.
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