This book offers a completely new look at the history of mankind, in which the only, main and most powerful force in determining the fate of many generations was... mosquitoes. Mosquitoes have influenced the future of entire empires and nations for thousands of years, devastating economies and determining the outcome of major wars that have killed nearly half of humanity. During our relatively short existence, mosquitoes have killed about 52 billion people out of a total population of 108 billion. This book is about the greatest purveyor of death we have ever known, the story of the mosquito's reign in human evolution and its lasting impact on our modern world order.