Shadrach in the Furnace

by Robert Silverberg

Published 24 February 1977
The stunning novel of a man surrounded by machines that flash instantaneous pictures of everything happening...a man surfeited with drugs that allow him to be eyewitness to the living past and pleasured by sensual women who vie for his favours...a man named Shadrach who finds little rest in his miracle-infested world. A supershocker about what happens when telemetric sensors no longer suffice, when the great Khan, ruler of the Earth, needs more...when he needs to survive through the body of a virile, healthy very special man - through Shadrach Mordecai

The Book of Skulls

by Robert Silverberg

Published 1 September 1972

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.


The Feast of St Dionysus

by Robert Silverberg

Published 9 September 1976


Unfamiliar Territory

by Robert Silverberg

Published 9 January 1975