Kaplan offers us the keys to a region that, sadly, is very topical. Rumbo a Tartaria is a contemporary classic of travel literature, an unforgettable route through one of the most fascinating and volatile regions of the world by the hand of Robert D. Kaplan, who in this book builds a true political atlas. From Hungary and Romania to the distant shores of the Caspian Sea, Kaplan travels through Turkey, Syria and Israel to the turbulent Caucasus area, from the city of Baku to the deserts of Turkmenistan and Armenia. Along the way, the incredible stories of unforgettable characters illuminate the tragic history of this region that is the new frontier between East and West and that with the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine is once again very topical. As Román Piña said in El Cultural: "For decades he has been wandering around the less traveled regions of the planet, so we must give credit to his diagnoses, after which there is a deep knowledge of History and an immense job of observer and traveler."