Lost Wonders

Timely, elegiacDaily Mail

Lathan's superb storytelling makes ecological crisis personal, local and often scarily visible. He doesn't let the tragedy hide, as it usually does, behind graphs and abstractions. Yet there's hope here too, in spades. This is an exhilarating and vital book.Charles Foster, author of Cry of the Wild

Not just a timely epitaph . . . but a celebration of their existence, reminding us of their wonder.Stephen Moss, author of Ten Birds That Changed the World

A beautifully crafted elegy for the lost species of our age. In repopulating the world with extinct snails, lizards, bats and rats, Tom Lathan makes us marvel and care almost as much as the conservationists who tried and failed to save them.Kate Teltscher, author of Palace of Palms