The Return: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Return by H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 2 original MP3 tracks, 1:21:15 running time and a link to listen.

The Return, credited to H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
Librivox recording of The Return by H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire 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 civilisation despite ferocious cannibal neighbours, the Scowrers. However, the explorers must turn detective in order to understand the mystery of their hosts philosophy and religion. (Description by Reynard)
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Return
- Author credits: H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 2
- Listed recording duration: 1:21:15
Catalogue topics
- science fiction
- Piper
- McGuire
- nuclear war
Track guide
- The Return - Part 1 — 45:39
- The Return - Part 2 — 35:48
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Source and rights
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