I have again finished The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin

I have again finished The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin, the second book of her Earthsea Cycle.

This book was always the hardest of the series, wreathed as it was in lightless shadow, but this time I saw it clearly through the darkness. Saw with joy Tenar become the Eaten One and then Tenar again, a vessel of Nameless evil poured out to find freedom and bring the Ring of Erreth-Akbe home again to the Archipelago.

"O may I see the earth's bright hearth once more, the white towers of Havnor." - from the Deed of Erreth-Akbe

(Side note: I found it fascinating that old large-print version of the book had a map of Atuan, yet the most current edition does not. A pity, for it was fun tracking the ways of the labyrinth with Tenar.)