The Tombs of Atuan (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 2)

Book info: The Tombs of Atuan (The Earthsea Cycle, Book 2) (Hardcover, – Random House Childrens Books, 1979) – Random House Childrens Books, 1979. Language: Eng.

Librarian's For an alternate cover edition of the same ISBN, click .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.