TARGET AUDIENCE: Readers of books that make us love unusual life forms, The Book of Eels, The Soul of an Octopus, What a Fish Knows, Entangled Life.
ENTHUSIASTIC AND POSITIVE: The author's writing overflows with enthusiasm and love for his favorite creature.
SURPRISING SCIENCE: Incredible spider fact after incredible spider fact creates a surprising and compelling reading experience from start to finish.
"SPIDERS MIGHT BE QUIETLY DISAPPEARING" reads the title of a recent Atlantic Monthly article. Across the world spider habitats are threatened and scientists are raising alarm bells. If we don't soon "get over our ick factor" then we might lose them forever.