The Plague Cycle: The Unending War Between Humanity and Infectious DiseaseA vivid, sweeping, and "fact filled" (Booklist, starred review) history of mankind's battles with infectious disease that "contextualizes the COVID 19 pandemic" (Publishers Weekly) for readers of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Yuval Harari's Sapiens and John Barry's The Great Influenza. For four thousand years, the size and vitality of cities, economies, and empires were heavily determined by infection. Striking humanity in waves, the cycle of