Fungi are everywhere. Most are harmless, some are helpful. A few
are killers. Collectively, infectious fungi are the most
devastating agents of disease on Earth, and a fungus that can
persist in the environment without its host is here for the long
haul. In gripping, accessible prose, Emily Monosson documents how
changing climate, trade and travel are making us all more
vulnerable to invasion. Populations of bats, frogs and salamanders
face extinction, and scientists don’t have a cure. The American
Northwest’s beloved National Parks are covered with the spindly
corpses of white bark pines. Food crops are under siege,
threatening our coffee, bananas and wheat—and, more broadly, our
global food security. In humans, Candida auris infects
hospital patients and those with weakened immune systems.
Monosson’s critical reporting demonstrates that prevention is
difficult but not impossible. Exposing the connection between
pathogens and human action, Blight serves as a wake-up call,
a reminder of the delicate interconnectedness of the natural world.
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