The central thrust of this non-fiction title is that, yes the asteroid impact that ended the reign of dinosaurs was catastrophic and the single worst day for life on earth (so far) but it also led to the world we inhabit today. With this in mind author Riley Black tells the story of the impact but then goes on to show how life rebounds afterwards with chapters titled “one year after impact”, one thousand years after impact” etc.

This was a great book and held my attention throughout. Sure the grisly details about the impact itself were riveting as they always are, but the recovery and outline of how new life forms became dominant on earth was nothing short of fascinating.