Ebola fever is a deadly viral disease native to Africa. This scourge, like COVID-19, came to us from the animal world - from bats. Humanity found itself unarmed in the face of the enemy - there were no medicines or vaccines. The fever quickly swept across West Africa. The epidemic, like a fire, spread to countries on three continents, and the outbreak was contained only through the combined efforts of scientists and doctors from the USA, Africa and Europe. Richard Preston's exciting book throws the reader into the thick of the epidemic, describing the fate of people whose heroic actions blocked the path to disaster , shows the vulnerability of modern healthcare systems and warns us of the inevitability of new unknown diseases.