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This definitive account details the global effort to develop a Covid-19 vaccine, highlighting the successes and failures of major vaccines. Initially, many leading drug and vaccine manufacturers were slow to respond to the pandemic, leaving the task to a small group of unlikely scientists and executives. Among them were a French businessman viewed as a fantasist, a Turkish immigrant with limited virus experience, an eccentric American Midwesterner focused on insect cells, a Boston scientist using controversial methods, and a British scientist who faced disdain from peers. These individuals raced to transform their research into life-saving vaccines within months, driven by the ambition to achieve a groundbreaking discovery and the glory that would come with it. The author, a bestselling writer and investigative journalist, provides an inside look at the secret laboratories, corporate rivalries, and high-stakes government negotiations that facilitated the rapid development and rollout of effective vaccines. Meticulously reported and engaging, this chronicle captures the most significant scientific breakthrough of our time, showcasing themes of courage, genius, heroism, and optimism, alongside rivalries, ambitions, insecurities, and unexpected drama. It is a compelling narrative of how science ultimately saved the world.