Ebola is a deadly viral disease native to Africa. This attack, like COVID-19, came to us from the animal kingdom - from bats. Humanity was unarmed in the face of the enemy - there were no medicines or vaccines. Fever rapidly swept West Africa. The epidemic, like a fire, spread to the countries of three continents, and the outbreak was contained only at the cost of the combined efforts of scientists and doctors from the USA, Africa and Europe. Richard Preston's exciting book throws the reader into the heat of the epidemic, describes the fate of people whose heroic actions blocked the path of trouble, shows the vulnerability of modern health systems and warns us of the inevitability of new unknown diseases.