Book three of Ursula K. Le Guin's earthsea cycledarkness threatens to overtake earthsea: the world and its wizards are losing their magic. Despite being wearied with age, ged sparrowhawk -- archmage, wizard, and dragonlo...Book three of Ursula K. Le Guin's earthsea cycledarkness threatens to overtake earthsea: the world and its wizards are losing their magic. Despite being wearied with age, ged sparrowhawk -- archmage, wizard, and dragonlord -- embarks on a daring, treacherous journey, accompanied By Enlad's young prince Arren, to discover the reasons behind this devastating pattern of loss.