02543cam a22004093u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000320011324500210014526400510016630000470021733600260026433700260029033800360031649000450035250000310039750801080042852012260053653400450176265300200180765300390182765300230186665300300188965300250191965300270194465300240197170000310199583000450202685600430207199900190211462996UtSlPG20260610134442.0mcr n260607r2020||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aBrackett, Leigh,d1915-197814aThe Jewel of Bas 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2020  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from Planet Stories Spring 1944  aRelease date is 2020-08-21  aProduced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net  a"The Jewel of Bas" by Leigh Brackett is a weird novel written in the mid-20th century. The narrative explores themes of power, identity, and survival against a backdrop of a richly imagined world filled with fantastical elements, focusing on characters Ciaran and Mouse as they face the threat posed by the androids created by the boy-god Bas, who is asleep with a mysterious power. As the story unfolds, they find themselves fighting against malevolent forces and dark legends that threaten their existence.  At the start of the story, Ciaran and Mouse, two wandering mortals, set up camp in a desolate land bordering the infamous Forbidden Plains. Their banter reveals their complex relationship and hints at deeper fears of the rumored darkness and evil surrounding them—specifically the dreadful Kalds that bear servitude to Bas, the so-called immortal presence rumored to guard the Stone of Destiny. An ominous shadow manifests as inherent dangers appear, drawing them deeper into the unfolding legends that may alter their fates and the fate of their world, setting the stage for an epic conflict against the forces of subjugation stemming from Bas's immortal legacy. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aScience fiction  aMan-woman relationships -- Fiction  aThieves -- Fiction  aSpace colonies -- Fiction  aMusicians -- Fiction  aImmortality -- Fiction  aAndroids -- Fiction1 aIngels, Graham,d1915-1991 0aProduced from Planet Stories Spring 194440uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62996  c103820d103820