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I saw Renthan arise from where they had lain, men swing onto their backs, energy whips lashing, to sweep the rest of the rasti away.

Sorceress of the Witch World Norton, Andre 1968

And I saw, too, the troubling of the water as rasti swam in waves of furred and vicious bodies, struggling out into the jumble of rocks which was the only defense the island party had.

Sorceress of the Witch World Norton, Andre 1968

I remembered the crackling fire with which the unknown rider had beaten off the rasti and I jerked the rod from its sling, to use it as she suggested, as if a thong depended from its tip.

Three Against The Witch World Norton, Andre 1965

"And rasti are not so easily turned from any prey," Kemoc pointed out.

Three Against The Witch World Norton, Andre 1965

The space ahead was not too wide, but midpoint there was a fallen pillar, and there gathered rasti and wolfmen.

Three Against The Witch World Norton, Andre 1965

Black blots of rasti slithered in and out, visible where the grass was well trampled.

Three Against The Witch World Norton, Andre 1965

Yet, when I considered the appearance of the creatures, perhaps not true rasti, but of the same family, grown to gigantic proportions for their species and with even worse ferocity than their midget brethren displayed.

Three Against The Witch World Norton, Andre 1965

We had our swords, but to wait until rasti came into range for cutting work was to open our defense to only one probable end.

Three Against The Witch World Norton, Andre 1965

Should the rasti come after us, we would have only a narrow strip to defend, so they could not possi - bly draw their fatal ring.

Three Against The Witch World Norton, Andre 1965

My glimpse of the rider had been so limited by the gloom and the storm that I was sure only that he had a reasonably human shape, that he was a horseman of no mean ability, and that he had known exactly how to put rasti to rout.

Three Against The Witch World Norton, Andre 1965