“Those who live by instinct, selfishness and thirst for profit are desperately trying to invent a recipe for immortality, because they feel that their Essence has become so impoverished that after death they will no longer be rational beings. It’s different with Reason, who dedicated his life to deeds in the name of Family, Motherland and Race...” Fans of the legendary saga “Ancient” have been waiting for this book since the publication of “Catastrophe,” which once became a real sensation and changed the idea of a fantastic bestseller, and not only in Russia. Each novel about the great warrior Thirteen, his battles and his love, complemented the Universes of Sergei Tarmashev, but posed more and more intriguing questions to readers. The confrontation of Races, the essence of death and the price of immortality, the acquisition of Eternity... And now, when interest is higher than ever, the completion of “Prehistory” will finally provide a number of long-awaited clues!