num_pages: 179
description: WHEN YOUNG TENAR is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of the Earth, everything is taken away -- home, family, possessions, even her name. For she is now Arha, the Eaten One, guardian of the ominous Tombs of Atuan. While she is learning her way through the dark labyrinth, a young wizard, Ged, comes to steal the Tombs' greatest hidden treasure, the Ring of Erreth-Akbe. But Ged also brings with him the light of magic, and together, he and Tenar escape from the darkness that has become her domain.  With millions of copies sold, Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Cycle has earned a treasured place on the shelves of fantasy lovers everywhere. Complex, innovative, and deeply moral, this quintessential fantasy sequence has been compared with the work of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, and has helped make Le Guin one of the most distinguished fantasy and science fiction writers of all time. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
language: English
title: The Tombs of Atuan
titlecomplete: The Tombs of Atuan (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 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: 112767
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: Bt Bound