The Tombs of Atuan

Synopsis

One of the time 100 best fantasy books of all time the newbery honor–winning second novel in the renowned earthsea series from ursula k. Leguin gets a beautiful new repackage. 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. She is now known only as arha, the eaten one, and guards the shadowy, labyrinthine tombs of atuan. Then a wizard, ged sparrowhawk, comes to steal the tombs’ greatest hidden treasure, the ring of erreth-akbe.