Book 4 of the Earthsea series. This book is vastly different than the others in the series. The storytelling is still top notch, but Sparrowhawk barely makes an appearance. The authors afterward talks about this not being a feminist book albeit you can see why one might think otherwise. This book is far more exposition than anything and as such it a little harder to get into. Overall I did enjoy it, but did not see it as a strict fantasy book.