The Old Enemy

Vault Of The Ages, Chapter 5.

After driving off a tiger with arrows, Carl mentally lists and reviews the enemies of men:

tiger

bear

snake

dog packs

demons

ghosts

gods

night 

storm

flood

fire

drought

winter

man

That last enemy, remorseless, deadly, old, strong and crafty, wrecked civilization and has returned as taboos and barbarians.

Exactly the same phrase:

"...that enemy was old and strong and crafty." (p. 58)

- occurs both here and in Anderson's first future history series.

See previous posts on the "protean enemy."

Vault... is pre-future history.