Project Gutenberg 2006-08-11 Public domain in the USA. 133 Norton, Andre 1912 2005 Norton, Alice Mary Norton, Andre Alice North, Andrew The Gifts of Asti Produced from Fantasy Book Vol. 1, No. 3 1948. Reading ease score: 79.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Geetu Melwani and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Gifts of Asti" by Andre Norton is a fantasy novel written in the late 1940s. The story follows Varta, the last priestess of the god Asti, who embarks on a perilous journey after her home city of Memphir falls to barbarian invaders. This tale explores themes of survival, destiny, and the search for truth in a richly imagined world where ancient powers still influence the present. In "The Gifts of Asti," Varta, accompanied by Lur, a scaled creature who shares a mental bond with her, must navigate the treacherous depths of the world following the collapse of her civilization. As they traverse through desolate landscapes and encounter mysterious entities, they discover remnants of an ancient space-faring race and an enigmatic living lake. The narrative sees Varta uncover her purpose as a protector and ultimately leads her to revive a man from another world, hinting at the possibility of rekindling a lost heritage. Through her journey, Varta embodies the resilience of the human spirit against the backdrop of life's challenges, all under the watchful guidance of her god, Asti. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Science Fiction by Women Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 60020 60024 2024-11-08T10:55:18.407685 2023-09-08T12:03:19.492970 text/html text/html 56758 2006-08-11T05:56:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 333459 2006-08-11T05:56:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 288244 2024-11-08T10:55:22.438635 application/epub+zip 287094 2024-11-08T10:55:20.091658 application/epub+zip 86777 2024-11-08T10:55:18.989652 application/epub+zip 371026 2024-11-08T10:55:24.197597 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 363695 2024-11-08T10:55:21.768621 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 139387 2022-09-09T07:13:50.872584 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 54142 54045 2024-11-08T10:55:18.136652 2023-09-08T12:03:19.311955 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 54068 2006-08-11T05:56:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21074 2006-08-11T05:56:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20515 2024-11-08T10:55:24.469594 application/rdf+xml 11707 2024-11-08T10:55:19.531618 image/jpeg 3248 2024-11-08T10:55:19.263623 image/jpeg 396639 2024-11-08T10:55:18.419662 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia