A gripping and timely book about the transmission of highly dangerous diseases from animal to human populations.
David Quammen is a recipient of the Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the author of five acclaimed natural history titles. His most recent book, The Song of the Dodo, won the BP Natural World Book Prize in 1996. He lives in Montana.
Quammen's book is compelling and shows that there are many
candidates out there vying to be the next pandemic -- Euan Lawson *
British Journal of General Practice *
A frightening and fascinating masterpiece of science reporting
that reads like a detective story -- Walter Isaacson
Quammen has a wide range of knowledge, an agile pen, and a generous
heart -- James Gorman * New York Times Book Review *
A tremendous book...this gives you all you need to know and all you
should know. Quammen's research and the analysis make
sensationalism unnecessary -- Bryan Appleyard * Sunday Times *
Mr Quammen is not just among our best science writers but among our
best writers, period...that he hasn't won a non-fiction National
Book Award or Pulitzer Prize is an embarrassment... Quammen is a
patient explainer and a winning observer, he has a novelistic flair
for describing his fellow humans... Quammen, combining physical and
intellectual adventure, wraps his canny explorations into powerful
moral witness -- Dwight Garner * New York Times *
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