Originally Posted by
Ionathus
I started the second book in the Earthsea series - Tombs of Atuan. I'm not very far into it, but thus far it's just as evocative as book one.
Even more so, actually, since the second book opens with some of the most captivating fantasy ritual imagery I've ever read -- a young girl kneels before a throne caked in centuries of dust and is fake-sacrificed, then dark liquid is poured out to run down the steps...it's the kind of scene that makes you go "I haven't a blessed clue what's going on but I am HOOKED."