Book Description

Two travelers move through a wasteland. "The ultimate traveler lays buried here. Our names, like his, will forever be remembered." "What happens if we don't find it? We'll never make it out of here. This desert appears to be endless." "I can no longer tell where we began our journey, and I fear that I will forget what our destination is." The travelers share a look of concern. Then one of them gestures toward the distance. "We have to keep moving. Who knows, maybe finding the grave of Herodotus will restore all of our memories." The two travelers persist along their course. They observe how the wasteland appears to be same. Within moments, one of them feels a sudden wave of exhaustion. The other traveler observes him and asks, "Are you alright?" He watches as the other traveler lays on the sand now. "What is it? Speak to me!" The traveler looks around for any sign that they may be getting closer to their destination, but there is none. When he looks at his fellow traveler again, he sees that he is gone. The traveler remains firm regardless of the scorching heat. He forges ahead as he feels that the destination is near. After a few moments, he sees someone in the distance. He narrows his eyes and sees that it is his fellow traveler. "What are you doing there? You disappeared. What happened?" The traveler sees that the other traveler remains still and silent. When he approaches him, he watches him vanish into the air. "Where are you? I saw you! You were right here!" The traveler looks around in dismay. Then he decides to keep moving. The more distance he travels, the more things he forgets. The traveler fears that by the time he reaches his destination, everything he knows will simply vanish. Then he reassures himself with the possibility that finding the grave of the ultimate traveler will enable him to remember everything. His fellow traveler appears to him again. This time, the traveler instantly runs toward him. As soon as he gains a closer proximity to him, the other traveler vanishes once again. Then the traveler realizes that the other traveler guided him to his destination. He sees the grave of Herodotus a short distance away. When he arrives at the grave, he sees the words "Herein lies the unknown" at the bottom. Then memories resurface again, making him remember things that he forgot while in the deep desert. The traveler remembers that he was in this desert before, and that he got lost while trying to find his destination. The words on the grave trigger another memory: he never made out of the desert alive. Then he realizes that the other traveler was him, and that the mirage of the traveler was none other than him. The mirage led him here to discover that the desert erased all of his memories until there was nothing left of him. The unknown has already consumed him.