They came, four by four, down the vast hall between double rows of columns. Dead leaves of weeds that had forced up between marble pavement-tiles were outlined with frost, and crackled, catching on the long black robes of the priestesses. Through cracks in the roof of the Hall of the Throne, gaps between columns where a whole section of masonry and tile had collapsed, unsteady sunlight shone aslant. The silence that followed was shaken only by the sound of many footsteps keeping time with a drum struck softly at a slow heart-pace. The Tombs of Atuan CHAPTER 1 THE EATEN ONE Now the full Earthsea collection- A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, Tehanu, Tales from Earthsea, and The Other Wind-is available with a fresh, modern look that will endear it both to loyal fans and new legions of readers. Le Guin’s 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. With millions of copies sold worldwide, Ursula K.
Will Tenar risk everything to escape from the darkness that has become her domain? Tenar’s duty is to protect the Ring, but Ged possesses the light of magic and tales of a world that Tenar has never known. Then a wizard, Ged Sparrowhawk, comes to steal the Tombs’ greatest hidden treasure, the Ring of Erreth-Akbe. She is now known only as Arha, the Eaten One, and guards the shadowy, labyrinthine Tombs of Atuan. 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 her-home, family, possessions, even her name. The Newbery Honor–winning second novel in the renowned Earthsea series from Ursula K. ‘One of the greats.One of the Time 100 Best Fantasy Books Of All Time I adored A Wizard of Earthsea, which I read and reread until my ratty old paperback copy required emergency surgery. One of literature’s best-written fantasy worlds. Will he too succumb, or can he hold them back? But over the years, Ged witnesses true magic and the ancient ways submit to the forces of evil and death. Sent to the School of Wizards on Roke, he learns the true way of magic and proves himself a powerful magician.Īnd it is as the Archmage Sparrowhawk that he helps the High Priestess Tenar escape the labyrinth of darkness. Ged is but a goatherd on the island of Gont when he comes by his strange powers over nature. Some of them are written on my soul’ Neil GaimanĪ Wizard of Earthsea * The Tombs of Atuan * The Farthest Shore * Tehanu ‘One of the literary greats’ Margaret Atwood
Discover the late Ursula Le Guin’s passionate and enthralling story of a young boy sent to a school of wizardry to learn the ways of magic in the opening quartet of the Earthsea story.
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