The beginning of beginnings—infancy of time. That’s when we appeared. We… then, realizing who we were, feeling our inner strength, and hearing the call of the endless Path, we moved silently through the centuries. Armed with heavy, raging fury, we went farther and farther, plunging into stifling human jungles. And in this future kaleidoscope of transparent, ghostly destinies, we lived our secret lives and tried to gather together. Even when there were very few of us left, we stubbornly marched toward each other. We went… and not only went. We fought to the last man.
Let it be that long ago no one like us appeared among people—we still fight to the last man, to the end, to the present time.
From time to time, immortals are born on Earth—yet they find the planet too cramped for them. Sooner or later they collide with each other and enter duels with swords, in which only one must survive. One such immortal hides behind a mask—Nash, an antiques dealer.
Additional information: A wonderful artistic descriptive adaptation of the film of the same name. However, the book includes moments absent from the film, which only benefits the story.