Fourteen strangers came to Delmak-O. Thirteen of them were transferred by the usual authorities, but one got there by praying. However, once they arrived on that treacherous planet, whose very atmosphere seemed to induce paranoia and psychosis, the newcomers found that even prayer was useless. For on Delmak-O, God is either absent or intent on destroying His creations. From the start, A Maze of Death is a wrenching metaphysical thriller and an ingenious meditation on the nature of divinity.
