The last in Sparrow's trilogy and it didn't keep up with the second novel, which I thought to be better than the first.
So, the story revolves around magic disappearing from the world and Ged sets out to find the cause. He's convinced that the reason magic is fading is because of the islands not being reunited by one King.
Since the events of the second novel he has become the new Archmage of Roke, but quickly decide to abandon his duties and set forth on a quest, only accompanied by a young prince without any magical talents.
They sail the entire known world looking for clues, which will lead them to (as you can guess) the farthest shore.
Since I wasn't so amazed by this installment, I'll let you know what I didn't like.
Again, the lack of character development. Ged is still a mystery and his actions are rarely explained. It's almost like reading a script instead of a novel where the reader has the advantage to be able to peek inside everyone's head (at the mercy of the author of course).
Secondly, the predictability in this novel was too high. I knew from the first 50 pages what would happen and that makes it a long long run to finish it. And certainly if you're actually right and there's no unexpected turn of events.
So, I'm not prone to recommend these novels to a hardened fantasy buff, like myself, but if you're new to the game this might be a good start since it doesn't require much 'getting to know the world we're in'.
