Robert Silverberg is a Grandmaster of Science Fiction, winner of 6 Nebulas, 5 Hugos, 8 Loci and a dozen other various awards. He published his first story at the age of 19, and at the age of 21 he won the Hugo as the most promising young author. Often, several of his stories appeared in one issue of the magazine “Amazing Stories” or “Fantastic” under different pseudonyms, of which he had more than three dozen. In the early period of his work, Silverberg sought to reach as large a readership as possible, without neglecting any of the genres - wrote science fiction, detective stories, and erotica. From 1967 to 1976, he focused entirely on science fiction, earning the love of both hard science fiction and fantasy saga fans (the Majipura series). Dying Within, a John Campbell Memorial Award-winning novel, tells the story of the difficult fate of a telepath. trying to come to terms with the peculiarities of his gift. Extraordinary abilities gradually destroy the kind and sensitive David, devouring his personality. In the second novel, “The Book of Skulls,” a company of students sets off on a journey through the desert in order to penetrate the reserved Brotherhood of Skulls and discover the secret of immortality, which, according to rumors, the mysterious members of the lost in the Arizona wilderness of a cult. For these guys, immortality is a very attractive toy, but isn't it too expensive to pay for owning it?