He was born on the island of Gont, a land famous for pirates, goatherds and...wizards. The boy Ged begins an epic journey that takes him to Roke, the Isle of the Wise, where the skills of wizardry are learnt. There, in pride and anger, he summons a dark and malevolent spirit that sorcery cannot conquer.

This is the complete and unabridged audio book of the renowned fantasy novel. He was born on the island of Gont, a land famous for pirates, goatherds and...wizards. The boy Ged begins an epic journey that takes him to Roke, the Isle of the Wise, where the skills of wizardry are learnt. There, in pride and anger, he summons a dark and malevolent spirit that sorcery cannot conquer. Pursued by this menace, Ged must flee across the oceans and islands of Earthsea, searching for a means to defeat it. One of the great landmarks of fantasy, Ursula Le Guin's novel set the benchmark for all future writers.