# The Skull

**Author:** Philip Dick
**Tags:** Science fiction, Short stories, Time travel
**Price:** Free
**Formats:** DOCX, EPUB, FB2, PDF, TXT
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**Added:** 10.07.2026
**URL:** https://samolit.com/books/96623

## Description

Sentenced to a harsh future, prisoner Conger is offered an impossible path to freedom: travel two centuries into the past to assassinate the enigmatic founder of a powerful, pacifist religion. Armed with only a mysterious skull as his guide to identification, Conger journeys to the mid-20th century, a world far removed from his own technologically advanced era. As he meticulously hunts his target, uncanny coincidences and a growing sense of unease begin to unravel his mission. Conger finds himself entangled in a web of shifting realities and paradoxes, forcing him to question not only his orders but also the very nature of identity and destiny. Philip K. Dick’s classic short story is a mind-bending exploration of fate, free will, and the profound impact of one man’s journey through time.