Questa saga, basata sul più antico romanzo d'avventura sopravvissuto, narra la vita di un re leggendario. Si addentra nel suo tumultuoso viaggio, dalla fuga dalla sua terra natale e un rigoroso addestramento da guerriero fino alla creazione di un legame profondo con Enkidu. I lettori vivranno le sue lunghe ricerche, gli incontri con creature mitiche e, infine, il suo glorioso regno come sovrano più potente del mondo.
The epic tale of Gilgamesh, the legendary god-king of Sumeria who discovered the secret of eternal life, has enflamed the imaginations of countless generations. In Gilgamesh, science fiction Grand Master Robert Silverberg gives us a vivid portrait of a courageous, lusty, sometimes reckless ruler of men. It is the majestic tale of a man haunted by gods, tormented by his passion for a woman who was his greatest rival, and driven by a thirst for immortality.
Set in an Afterworld - where everyone who has ever lived reawakens when they die to live again and die again, seemingly for ever - this novel tells of the warrior-king Gilgamesh's journey in search of a gateway to the land of the living. Based on the author's novella "Gilgamesh in the Outback".