The Beauty of Impermanence

The king's hands trembled as he touched his friend's cold face. Gilgamesh, mighty ruler and legendary warrior, now reduced to a frightened child at the edge of Enkidu's deathbed. In that moment, something shattered inside him. The Epic of Gilgamesh, humanity's oldest written story, begins with friendship but pivots on this fear. The terror of our own ending.

A terror that hasn't left us. Silicon Valley billionaires pour exorbitant amounts of money into longevity research. Transhumanists upload consciousness. Scientists manipulate genes. The methods have evolved, but the desperate hunger remains unchanged. To cheat death at any cost.