**The instant New York Times bestseller** *An international bestseller* "Hugely impressive, a major work."-- NPR A pioneering and groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that offers a dramatic new perspective on the History of humankind, showing how through millennia, the mosquito has been the single most powerful force in determining humanity\'s fate.
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