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To what extent will four friends go to immortality? This novel is the author of the Hugo and Nebula award, “Robert Silverberg in his best” (George RR Martin).
After Eli, an academic university student, finds and translates an ancient manuscript called Skulls Book, he and his friends embark on a cross-country trip to Arizona in search of a legendary monastery, where they hope to find the secret of immortality. On the journey with Eli, there is Timothy, a upper -class wasp with a fiduciary background and a solid sense of law; Ned, a cynical poet and an alienated gay man; And Oliver, a Kansas farm boy who has escaped his rural origins and now wants to escape death.
If they find the house of the skulls where the immortal monks are supposed to reside, they will undergo a strict initiation. But do these eight smiling skulls mean the joke will be in them? For a sacrifice will be necessary. Two must die so that two can live forever. . .
Establishing the border between science fiction and horror, Robert Silverberg masterfully provokes deeper existential issues of morality, brotherhood and self -determined destination in what Harlan Ellison refers as “one of my favorite nightmare novels.”
This and -book presents an illustrated biography of Robert Silverberg, including rare images of the author's personal collection.
ASIN: B07B3S9TLS
Editorial: SCI-Fi and Open Road Media Fantasy
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Date of Publication: May 8, 2018
Language: English
File Size: 7.2 MB
Screen Reader :: Backed
Enhanced Typography: Activated
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Word Wise: Activated
Number of pages: 242 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1504051354
Flip Page: Activated
Libro 3 of 3: Silverberg Classics