: Written by a duo of surgeon-scientists during the height of the 2020 crisis, this book dissects the COVID-19 pandemic through medical, historical, and ecological lenses. Rather than focusing strictly on the mechanics of the virus, the authors frame the global outbreak as a tragic connection gone wrong between humanity and nature. They cut through widespread misinformation to examine how human disruption of the environment, combined with political and social fractures, paved the way for a global healthcare crisis.