The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin — Part 4 Audiobook | Calming reading for sleep
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Arren wakes in chains in the darkness of a slave galley — parched, aching, surrounded by the broken and the voiceless. But out on the water, across the fog-thick night, Ged is coming.
He walks aboard the ship blazing with cold magelight, stilling every oar where it dips — and one by one, the chains fall away. Tonight's reading carries us from the depths of the hold to the open sea, where a weeping boy and a quiet mage drift together on Lookfar, and something gentle is spoken beneath the stars. A chapter of rescue, of tenderness, and of the sea holding both of them gently in the dark.
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☾ Chapters
00:00 – Welcome and settling in
0:03 – Chapter 4
1:00:07 – Soft music to drift away
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☾ About this audiobook
The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin is a luminous fantasy of unravelling magic, quiet courage, and a young prince sailing into the unknown at the side of a great wizard — told with the unhurried grace that made Le Guin one of the finest storytellers of the twentieth century. Its deep sense of sea, stillness, and mythic weight makes it a perfect companion for the edge of sleep.
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