num_pages: 163
description: The Nameless Ones have called young Tenar to serve as their High Priestess since she was five years old. They gave her the name Arha, the Eaten One, and with that name, her life changed forever. In the desolate Place of the Tombs in the deserts of the lands of Atuan, her life's sacred duty is to guard the lightless labyrinthine Tombs of Atuan and the great treasure that lies deep within their caves. But a thief appears. A young wizard named Ged braves the darkness of the catacombs in search of the Tombs' greatest hidden treasure, the broken Ring of Erreth-Akbe. Ged has the power to make the ring whole again. But Ged also brings with him the light of magic. And now Arha must choose between the darkness and power she knows and the future Ged offers her.
language: English
title: The Tombs of Atuan
titlecomplete: The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
characters: Penthe, Kossil, Ged, Manan, Tenar, Thar
genres: Fiction, Magic, Science Fiction, Adventure, Young Adult, High Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics, Novels, Fantasy
ratings_count: 112809
places: Earthsea Realm
series: Earthsea Cycle
awards: awardedAt: 63100800000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 63100800000
name: National Book Award
category: Children's Books, awardedAt: 63100800000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Phoenix Award (Children's Literature Association), awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers