This short and poignant book takes the reader on a strange trip around the world, to mostly remote places of times gone by. The author visits places where some iconic species used to live. Sadly, these species are now extinct. Unfortunately, the list of species is much, much longer, but understandable it would be impossible to follow up on every single extinct species.

This is an insightful and readable book about natural history, the human impact on nature, and how we are all connected by nature. i highly recommend everyone to read this book to get a better understanding of the aforementioned things. The book brought these dead creatures alive in my mind, and I think that is one of the greatest appraises to an author of a book like this. Blencowe brought some species back from the beyond, even though it only lasted for a short time, and in my mind.