Book description
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. Robert Silverberg
(1935 - ) Robert Silverberg was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1935, and
is one of the most prolific authors of all time, writing not just SF
& Fantasy, but extensive non-fiction and a large number of
pseudonymously published erotica novels. In his first years as a
professional writer, his output regularly exceeded a million words per
year. He has won and been nominated for the Hugo and Nebula awards
dozens of times as both writer and editor, and in 2004 received the SFWA
Grand Master Award. Among his many acclaimed and bestselling novels are
A Time of Changes, The Book of Skulls, Dying Inside and Lord Valentine's
Castle. Robert Silverberg lives on the West Coast of the United States
with his wife, author, editor and art critic, Karen Haber.
