The Tombs of Atuan
β Scribed by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Book ID
- 112076421
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 3 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781442480841
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β¦ Synopsis
One of the Time 100 Best Fantasy Books Of All Time The Newbery Honorβwinning second novel in the renowned Earthsea series from Ursula K. LeGuin. In this second novel in the Earthsea series, Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of the Earth, and everything is taken from herβhome, family, possessions, even her name. She is now known only as Arha, the Eaten One, and guards the shadowy, labyrinthine Tombs of Atuan. Then a wizard, Ged Sparrowhawk, comes to steal the Tombsβ greatest hidden treasure, the Ring of Erreth-Akbe. Tenarβs duty is to protect the Ring, but Ged possesses the light of magic and tales of a world that Tenar has never known. Will Tenar risk everything to escape from the darkness that has become her domain? With millions of copies sold worldwide, Ursula K. Le Guinβs Earthsea Cycle has earned a treasured place on the shelves of fantasy lovers everywhere, alongside the works of such beloved authors as J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis.
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Ged is encountered years later in an dark, underground labyrinth by the young High Priestess Arha, also called Tenar. She was taken from her family as a girl to become a priestess to the Nameless Ones. Ged is a powerful wizard seeking the missing half of the Ring of Erreth-Akbe, on which is engr