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The Tombs of Atuan

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1970
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2009
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Prologue
The Eaten One
The Wall Around the Place
The Prisoners
Dreams and Tales
Light Under the Hill
The Man Trap
The Great Treasure
Names
The Ring Erreth-Akbe
The Anger of the Dark
The Western Mountains
Voyage
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 Earthsea Series*
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Earthsea Series*   See series as if on a bookshelf
A series of fantasy books written by Ursula K LeGuin.

1) A Wizard of Earthsea
2) The Tombs of Atuan
3) The Farthest Shore
4) Tehanu
5) Tales from Earthsea
6) The Other Wind
Copyright © 1970, 1971 by Ursula K. Le Guin
For the redhead from Telluride
"Come home, Tenar!"
May contain spoilers
Gravely she walked beside him up the white streets of Havnor, holding his hand, like a child coming home.
Comments may contain spoilers
I read this just after finishing A Wizard of Earthsea.

A shorter form of this novel was published in "Worlds of Fantasy" magazine in 1970-71.
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Added: 31-Jan-2015
Last Updated: 26-Apr-2022

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 01-Jan-1973
Bantam Books
Paperback A
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Date Issued:
Cir 01-Jan-1973
Format:
Paperback A
Cover Price:
$1.75
Pages*:
146
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Once
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Internal ID:
1542
Publisher:
ISBN:
0-553-10132-3
ISBN-13:
978-0-553-10132-4
Printing:
5
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Gail Garraty - Illustrator
Arha, the maiden priestess...
Ged, the young wizard...


They took away everything.  Home, family, possessions.  They gave her a name.  Arha, the Eaten One.  They dedicated her life as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Power of the Earth.  And set her down at the Place of the Tombs in the desert ot Atuan.  Then suddenly, a thief came to the dark, endless labyrinth of her kingdom, seeking the greatest treasure of the Tombs, the broken Ring of Erreth-Akbe.  A young wizard, Ged...

The Earthsea Trilogy

This lovely trio of novels, a recognized classic of high fantasy, has been compared with Tolkien's Lord of the RIngs and C.S. Lewis's Narnia series.  The present volume, The Tombs of Atuan, is the sequel to A Wizard of Earthsea, and is followed by The Farthest Shore.
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