In The Bones of the Earth the wizards who first taught Ged demonstrate how humility, if great enough, can rein in an earthquake.
Sometimes wizards can pursue alternative careers - and Darkrose and Diamond is also a delightful story of young courtship.
Return to the time when Ged was Archmage of Earthsea in On the High Marsh, a story about the love of power and the power of love.
And Dragonfly, showing how a determined woman can break the glass ceiling of male magedom, provides a bridge - a dragon bridge - between Tehanu and The Other Wind.
This enchanting collection is rounded off with and essay about Earthsea's history, people, languages, literature and magic.