BOOKS OF EARTHSEA COMP ILLUS ED HC
(W) Ursula K. Le Guin (A) CHARLES VESS (CA) CHARLES VESS
Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea novels are some of the most acclaimed and awarded works in literature, commemorating their enduring place in the hearts and minds of readers and the literary world alike. For the first time ever, they're all together in one volume, including the early short stories, Le Guin's "Earthsea Revisioned" Oxford lecture, and a new Earthsea story, never before printed. With a new introduction by Le Guin herself, this essential edition will also include fifty illustrations by renowned artist CHARLES VESS, specially commissioned and selected by Le Guin, to bring her refined vision of Earthsea and its people to life in a totally new way.
(W) John Ney Rieber (A) Gary Amaro (CA) CHARLES VESS
Tim Hunter, destined to become Earth's greatest sorcerer, defends the realm of Faerie from the deadly manticore while trying to maintain a normal childhood. Is his real father the one-armed drunk in the front room, or is he the man who can turn into a hawk? Is his mother dead and buried, or is she Titania, Queen of Faerie? Plus, Death herself weighs in on the subject of identity. Collects a story from VERTIGO RAVE #1, BOOKS OF MAGIC #1-13 and ARCANA: THE BOOKS OF MAGIC ANNUAL #1. MATURE READERS