The Piper, H. Beam 1904-1964 creator McGuire, John J. (John Joseph) 1917-1981 Freas, Kelly 1922-2005 text utu 2006 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Return" by H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire is a science fiction short story published in 1954. More than 250 years after nuclear war, explorers from Fort Ridgeway discover a fortified community descended from an old army platoon. These survivors have developed a mysterious religion centered on a god who died in battle and will one day return. As the explorers seek their help retrieving precious microfilmed books, they realize the community may believe one of them is their prophesied deity—a case of mistaken identity with potentially fatal consequences. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Return_(Piper_and_McGuire_short_story) Release date is 2006-07-17 Produced by Greg Weeks, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Original publication data not identified Science fiction PS Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18855 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18855 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133436.0 18855