num_pages: 222
description: ISBN 9781857989144 moved to this edition.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.
language: English
title: The Book of Skulls
titlecomplete: The Book of Skulls
genres: Science Fiction Fantasy, Thriller, Fantasy, Religion, Novels, Speculative Fiction, Fiction, Unfinished, Horror, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 3413
places: Arizona, New York (State)
awards: awardedAt: 94723200000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 63100800000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 94723200000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Millennium / Orion