From the author of Spillover, the book that predicted the pandemic, Breathless is the story of Covid-19 and its fierce journey through the human population, as seen by the scientists tasked with fighting it.By peering over the shoulders of the brilliant scientists leading the chase, Breathless uncovers the warnings from infectious diseases experts that went unheeded; and which clues are the most compelling in the hunt for the virus origin.A luminous, passionate account of the defining crisis of our time New York TimesAs close to authoritative history as we have... It reads like a real-time thriller Chicago Tribune