In the purple predawn of civilization before pyramids and coliseums, in the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. GILGAMESH is king of Uruk, mightiest city in the Fertile Crescent ENKIDU is the creature of the wilderness, last of an ancient tribe now eclipsed into legend SIDURI is the mysterious outsider living in the fabled country called the Mouth of the Rivers Here is the world's oldest adventure, the time-honored Epic of Gilgamesh, told as a novel like never before. Here is the original tale of friendship, of loss, and of one man's desperate quest for immortality. NEVER GROW OLD