A finely crafted account of four friends' quest for immortality
A finely crafted account of four friends' quest for immortality
Four students discover a manuscript, The Book of Skulls, which reveals the existence of a sect, now living in the Arizona desert, whose members can offer immortality to those who can complete its initiation rite. To their surprise, they discover that the sect exists, and is willing to accept them as acolytes. But for each group of four who enter the rite, two must die in order for the others to succeed.
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#23 in the Millennium SF Masterworks series, a library of the finest science fiction ever written 'Could be his finest book so far' -- Greg Bear* Silverberg has been nominated for, and won more awards for his fiction than any other writer in the genreFour students discover a manuscript, The Book of Skulls, which reveals the existence of a sect, now living in the Arizona desert, whose members can offer immortality to those who can complete its initiation rite. To their surprise, they discover that the sect exists, and is willing to accept them as acolytes. But for each group of four who enter the rite, two must die in order for the others to succeed.
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