The Farthest Shore is a
young-adult fantasy novel by the
American author
Ursula K. Le Guin, first published by Atheneum in 1972. It is the third book in the series commonly called the
Earthsea Cycle. As the next Earthsea novel,
Tehanu, would not be released until 1990,
The Farthest Shore is sometimes referred to as the final book in the so-called Earthsea trilogy, beginning with
A Wizard of Earthsea. The events of
The Farthest Shore take place several decades after
The Tombs of Atuan and continue the story of the wizard Ged.