# The guest rites

Author: Silverberg, Robert, 1935-; Giunta, John, 1920-1970 [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68380

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+guest+rites+Silverberg&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

It was time for the after-meal meditation. Marik, First Priest of Carthule, finished his frugal meal and went outside to sit in the mid-day breeze and watch the sands blowing gently over the bare flat plains. The problem of the Revelation occupied his reveries: why had Carthule, in His infinite wisdom, waited so long to reveal to His people that they were not alone in the universe?

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-guest-rites-68380/chapters/1/index.md)