{"product_id":"neander-77-benjamin-trautmann-9798249241551","title":"Neander 77: \"Guardians of the Embers\"","description":"\u003cb\u003eNEANDER 77 - The Guard of Knowledge: A Prehistoric Epic of Survival Geometry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"We bear not only stones and pelt. We bear the truth of the foe.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an era where ice reigneth over the earth and the frost layeth bare the very bones of the continents, a Neanderthal clan fighteth not merely against hunger, but against the Great Oblivion. As the familiar spearheads of local shale shatter and the hunting grounds fall silent, Kira-a leader poised between ancient instinct and sharp vision-realiseth that the old world is in its death throes. It is not nature that threateneth their end; it is the arrival of a new, cold logic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Journey into the Heart of Strangeness\u003c\/b\u003e Joined by Lian, the master of lethal silence, and the Third Protagonist, whose mind decodeth the hidden laws of matter, Kira setteth forth. Their mission leadeth them from the vertical sanctuary of the Alps into the merciless, horizontal expanse of the Steppe. There, they encounter the \"Whisperers\"-a species that doth not merely inhabit the land, but possesseth it through the mastery of line and metal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Mirror of Our Own Existence\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003ekursiv: Within the artefacts of the South-the metal nail, the hempen rope, the ceramic shard-the clan discerneth the architecture of a rising power.\u003c\/i\u003e \"NEANDER 77\" is no common tale of adventure. It is a profound analysis of human civilisation seen through the eyes of those who experienced its dawn as a threat to their very freedom. Benjamin Trautmann weaveth the archaic hardness of survival with the rigorous precision of German nature-philosophy. It is a chronicle of: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Kinetics of Power: \u003c\/b\u003e How the mobility of the nomad and the settle-ment of the farmer forge an unstoppable logistical chain.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Geometry of Spirit: \u003c\/b\u003e The stark contrast between the organic intuition of the Neanderthal and the cold symmetry of the \u003ci\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Law of Adaptation: \u003c\/b\u003e The bitter realisation that one must steal the foe's knowledge without surrendering one's own soul to his artifice.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGothic in the Ice-Dark, Heavy, Epic\u003c\/b\u003e With the linguistic weight of a Wagnerian epic and a somber \"Gothic\" touch, the Ice Age becommeth a stage for an intellectual drama. The descriptions of the landscape are no mere backdrop, but physical equations-from the thermoregulation within a blizzard to the ballistic precision of new-forged weapons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy thou must read this chronicle: \u003c\/b\u003e This work breaketh the clichéd image of the \"primitive\" Neanderthal. It revealeth a people of high emotional intelligence and philosophical depth, confronted with the ultimate existential question: Assimilation or Extinction?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e We have seen the wall in the South. But the true wall is not built; it is thought.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow Kira and her clan as they traverse the main ridge of the mountains, through avalanche fields and into the hidden caves of knowledge. Witness the birth of espionage, logistics, and passive resistance in a world standing upon the precipice of eternal change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"We are now the Guardians of Knowledge. And we shall not sleep.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin Trautmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798249241551\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.76d","brand":"Benjamin Trautmann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50665238659327,"sku":"9798249241551","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/neander-77-benjamin-trautmann-9798249241551","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}