..A mind weapon.A new frontier of psychic warfare.That was Stalin""s dream...(The skull) was not made by human hands...The body we found in New Mexico was not the first.We""d already dissected two others from similar crash sites in Soviet Union...The legends about Akator are all true.Early men could not have conceived it, much less built it.It was a city of supreme beings with technologies and paranormal abilities...The New Mexico specimen gave us hope.Unlike the others we""d found, its skeleton was pure crystal.A distant cousin, perhaps.Maybe they, too, were sent to find Akator.Perhaps we""re all searching for the same thing.There is no other explanation...The skull was stolen from Akator in the 15th century.Whoever returns it to the city temple will gain control over its powers."The Russians had taken Oxley prisoner as well, although he could only mutter incomprehensible words, due to the effects of the crystal skull: "He is the divining rod that will lead us to Akator.He used his mind-probe powers on her, but she resisted and fought back ("I""m not giving you anything").Both of them were treated to a shopping trip to buy new funky 70s-style clothes.In their suite, they were entertained with a reception-party, where Cornelius diplomatically answered a question about human women, and Zira enjoyed a champagne drink described as "Grape Juice Plus.the author." She explained how the book reflected his personality:""Every book""s a confession,"" my father always said.