The Other Wind is the 6th book in the Earthsea Cycle.

From the jacket of the first Harcourt printing:

A wizard, a mender of pots, a king, a dragon, and a burnt girl face the power of the dead

The sorcerer Alder fears sleep. he dreams of the land of death, of his wife who died young and longs to return to him so much that she kissed him across the low stone wall that separates our world from the Dry Land—where the grass is withered, the stars never move, and lovers pass without knowing each other. The dead are pulling Alder to them at night. Through him they may free themselves and invade Earthsea.

Alder seeks advice from Ged, once Archmage. Ged tells him to go to Tenar, Tehanu, and the young king at Havnor. They are joined by amber-eyed Irian, a fierce dragon able to assume the shape of a woman.

This group can confront the threat onl in the Immanent Grove on Roke. Joining them, Alder, a mender of pots, may be the only one who can mend the world.

Le Guin combines her magical fantasy with a profoundly human, earthly, humble touch.

First Harcourt edition ? (copyright date 2001). Printing A has a jacket price of USD$25.00 and 246 pages. Cover by Cliff Nielsen.

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