Frightened by the thought of dying, Gilgamesh braves a series of dangers in an effort to learn the secret of eternal life, but although he meets the survivor of the great flood and is offered a chance at perpetual youth, he never achieves his goal, in a retelling of an episode from the story of Gilgamesh, the world's oldest legend.
- | Author: Ludmila Zeman
- | Publisher: Tundra Books
- | Publication Date: April 25, 1998
- | Number of Pages: 24 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0887763804
- | ISBN-13: 9780887763809