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Wow, what a masterpiece. I've never read anything quite like it, and I'm not sure how to describe it in order to properly convey my feelings. It's a relatively mundane fantasy novel, but by that I don't mean it's boring...to borrow a quote from Le Guin, instead of focusing on "typical" heroes of the genre, it focuses on "...heroics from outside and underneath, from the point of view of the people who are not included. The ones who can't do magic. The ones who don't have shining staffs or swords. Women, kids, the poor, the old, the powerless."

This is a truly subtle and nuanced work that builds upon the three books that come before it (this was published in 1990, eighteen years after the prior volume).

There is something about Le Guin's prose style that really speaks to me. It's easy to follow along with, yet it is filled with meaning, with emotion, and with thought-provoking moments.