In 2002, the world changes forever. Every man, every boy, every mammal with a Y chromosome everywhere on Earth suddenly collapses and dies. With the loss of more than half the planet's population, the gears of society grind to a halt, and a world of women are left to pick up the pieces and try to keep civilization from collapsing entirely.

Enfermamos con facilidad, nuestras defensas han disminuido dr̀sticamente, la mortalidad nos castiga con cifras espeluznantes. ¿Qǔ est̀ pasando? ¿Simple casualidad , o existen responsables detr̀s de estos permanentes y nuevos contagios masivos? Este libro valiente, riguroso y sorprendente nos abre los ojos a una realidad pavorosa. Estamos contagiados y las enfermedades tanto las conocidas como las que est̀n por venir pueden diezmarnos. Existe...

"During those dark pre-antibiotic days, when tuberculosis killed one in seven people, white nurses at Sea View, New York's largest municipal hospital, began quitting. Desperate to avert a public health crisis, city officials summoned Black southern nurses, luring them with promises of good pay, a career, and an escape from the strictures of Jim Crow. But after arriving, they found themselves on an isolated hilltop in the remote borough of Staten Island,...