Book Title: Voices
Book Series: Annals of the Western Shore
Narrative Type: Fiction
Original Language: English
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group
Intended Audience: Young Adults,Adults
Publication Year: 2007
Type: Novel
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Author: Ursula K. Le Guin
Genre: Fantasy
Topic: Westerns
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Annals of the Western Shore by Ursula Le Guin 2007 Voices & Powers
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Voices
Ansul was once a peaceful town filled with libraries, schools and temples. But that was long ago, before the Alds came. The Alds believe demons hide in words, and so they ban reading and writing, acts now punishable by death. What few books have survived are hidden in the Waylord's House for safekeeping, in the care of the Waylord, crippled by years of torture, and the daughter of his heart, Memer.
And now times are changing. The Uplands poet Orrec Caspro and his wife Gry have arrived, and in his voice is a clarion call, awakening a conquered people.
The second book of the Annals of the Western Shore, Voices is a haunting and gripping coming-of-age story set against a backdrop of violence, intolerance and magic.
Powers
Young Gav can remember the page of a book after seeing it once, and, inexplicably, he sometimes "remembers" things that are going to happen in the future. As a loyal slave, he must keep these powers secret, but when a terrible tragedy occurs, Gav, blinded by grief, flees the only world he has ever known.
In what becomes a treacherous journey for freedom, Gav's greatest test of all is facing his powers so that he can come to understand himself and finally find a true home.
