1st Printing. Publisher's glossy pictorial wraps. 12mo. 196, (20) pp. This is a new, unopened copy, former owner's initials on fep, else as new. FINE. 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. 1972 Nebula and Hugo nominee. [Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-406][Schlobin, The Literature of Fantasy 952]. . Mass Market Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall