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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aBrackett, Leigh,
_d1915-1978
245 1 4 _aThe Jewel of Bas
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2020
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Planet Stories Spring 1944
500 _aRelease date is 2020-08-21
508 _aProduced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aMan-woman relationships -- Fiction
653 _aThieves -- Fiction
653 _aSpace colonies -- Fiction
653 _aMusicians -- Fiction
653 _aImmortality -- Fiction
653 _aAndroids -- Fiction
700 1 _aIngels, Graham,
_d1915-1991
830 0 _aProduced from Planet Stories Spring 1944
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62996
999 _c103820
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