The Return
by John J. McGuire H. Beam Piper
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About This Book
Two-hundred years after a global nuclear war, two explorers from a research outpost, that largely survived the cataclysm, discover a settlement of humans who have managed to maintain their civilization despite ferocious cannibal neighbors, the Scourers. However, the explorers must turn detective in order to understand the mystery of their hosts philosophy and religion.
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