“You can’t kill a man who’s already dead—and you can’t change a future that’s already written.” — Philip K. Dick In The Skull, Philip K. Dick plunges readers into a haunting time-travel thriller where cause and effect collapse, and fate proves inescapable. A convicted criminal is sent back in time to assassinate a man whose ideas have sparked a global revolution—but when he arrives in the past, he finds himself entangled in a loop where killer and martyr may be one and the same. Exploring questions of identity, destiny, and free will, Dick’s story unfolds with chilling precision, blending philosophical insight with taut suspense. In just a few pages, The Skull encapsulates the brilliance that made Philip K. Dick a master of speculative fiction. What if the future you were sent to change… was your own origin?