![]() ![]() Atrus' feelings for Anna are wounded for keeping this fact from him.Ī large section of the book is dedicated to Atrus's and Gehn's dealing with Gehn's Thirty-seventh Age. Gehn also, reveals to Atrus that his grandmother was indeed that 'Ti'ana' of the history. Atrus's immediate tasks included learning written and spoken D'ni and repairing the damage to D'ni that occured during the Fall. Atrus and his father lived on K'veer with their mute servant, Rijus. His father, Gehn, suddenly showed up and almost immediately took Atrus back to D'ni with him, promising Anna that he would bring the boy back in three months' time. Anna introduces him to the ideas behind the Gahro Hevtee in The Art, and thinks about being able to teach him soon.Ī significant event in Atrus's early life the the death of his cat, Flame she died after licking toxic substances on herself as the result of Atrus's failed soil experiment. Atrus promises not to return there until 'he is ready'. In the tunnel he finds a huge carved D'ni word and a fire-marble and realizes that the tales of D'ni are true.Īnna finds him and she tells him about the Fall of D'ni and Ti'ana's role in it, but doesn't tell him that she is Ti'ana. Later, unbeknownst to Anna, Atrus returns to retrieve his battery and to investigate the tunnel. Anna calls him away as the crater would be too dangerous. An explosion uncovers an artificial cave. When he is fourteen, Atrus conducts an experiment within the crater of the volcano to charge a battery he's made so he can automate the drawing of water. (In The Book of Ti'ana it is discovered that Anna's father coined the phrase.) Also, the reader is introduced to the phrase, "What do you see?" which Anna constantly asks Atrus, and he later asks himself. Anna also keeps telling him tales from and about D'ni and teaches him the D'ni language but Atrus considers them fables. It is these lessons that he would later carry with him throughout his life. The first few chapters show Atrus learning valuable life lessons from Anna: those that relate to ethics, morality, and logic. Anna names him Atrus, after her late husband. Anna, Gehn's mother, begs him to keep the child, but he angrily leaves for D'ni without even naming his child. The book opens on a stormy night in the desert with Gehn burying his dead wife soon after the birth of their son. It describes his life at the Cleft with his grandmother, Anna, his teenage years in D'ni with his father Gehn, and his romance and early life on Myst Island with Catherine. The novel chronicles the adventures of Atrus during the early years of his life, from when he was born to a time when his sons, Sirrus and Achenar, were young boys. ![]() You will travel to wonderful new ages and have all your questions answered - for this story ends where the world of the MYST game just begins. Then his time came to explore the magnificent underground realm… The Book of Atrus is a tale of son against father of truth versus evil and of love and redemption. For most of his young life, Atrus thought the stories his grandmother told him were just strange legends. These pages are your link to the story of Atrus, son of Gehn, and the last of the race of D'Ni-the masters of The Art, the craft of linking to other worlds through the descriptive art of writing in special books. Now, take a step into the fictional legend of Myst. The world's best-selling CD-ROM game is just a piece of the picture. The ages of Myst are worlds of adventure and awe of mystery and beauty of intrigue and betrayal. Before they were signed as publisher (bringing David Wingrove onto the project), James Lileks had written an early draft for Cyan to review. Like its two sequels, the book was published by Hyperion, a subsidiary of Disney. The book covers the birth and early life of Atrus, thus explaining some of the events that ultimately led to the storylines of Myst and Riven. The original paperback edition features a D'ni text in the backcover, about Talashar. This new edition has a slightly revised text, mostly correcting typos. In September 2023, for the 30th Anniversary of Myst, a new edition with a different cover was published. Aside from second-hand copies, the easiest way to obtain this edition is now through the Myst Reader trilogy wrapper. Originally released in paperback and hardcopy, both are now out of print. Myst: The Book of Atrus is the first Myst novel sorted by release, although chronologically, the events of Book of Ti'ana happened earlier. Events and elements in the D'ni Universe are regarded as fictional. This article is written from an OOC point-of-view.
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