# After They're Gone - Hardcover

by **Peter Marren** (Author)

**'Wise, challenging and offering some unexpected laughter in the dark, this is a rational and insightful account of the sixth great extinction event. Peter Marren is a brilliant writer and a national treasure.' PATRICK BARKHAM**

**'Thoughtful, fascinating and very timely.' STEPHEN MOSS**

**'Important and thought-provoking.' CAROLINE LUCAS, GREEN PARTY MP**

**'Essential reading. Marren makes a page-turner out of Armageddon.' SIMON BARNES**

**'In his characteristic style Peter Marren has humanised the story of wildlife losses with humour and wit but also with his enormous knowledge and deep love for the living world.' MARK COCKER**

We are in the midst of an extinction event: the sixth mass extinction on earth and one entirely caused by mankind. All species become extinct sooner or later, but we have accelerated that natural process several hundredfold and now, it is happening right in front of our eyes.

Extinction has a terrifying finality to it. And many species have already been lost to us forever; there is little we can do about that.

What we can do, however, is reflect, remember, and ultimately acknowledge the unvarnished truth. We must see the natural world as it is, and not as we might want it to be. Our trajectory is one that has benefited one species alone - humankind. For all other beings, from mammals to fish, from birds to insects and coral, from plants to lichens and fungi, the future, for better or worse, is in our hands.

### Author Biography

**Peter Marren** is a nature writer and commentator, author of _Bugs Britannica_, _Rainbow Dust_, _Chasing the Ghost_ and many other books on British plants, insects, and the countryside. He won the BSBI President's Prize for _Britain's Rare Flowers_, which was also runner-up for the Natural World Book Prize. He was awarded the Thackray Medal for _The New Naturalists_ by the Society for the History of Natural History. His satirical column in _British Wildlife_ magazine, _Twitcher in the Swamp_, has a cult following.

He is also a Fellow of the Linnaean Society and has travelled the world in search of wildlife and has co-led wildlife tours all around Europe. He has written papers on endangered species and official reports on local extinctions. He waited until reaching an appropriately mature age before tackling the subject that energises all our efforts to preserve what is left of the world's wildlife and wild places: extinction.

**Number of Pages:** 272

**Dimensions:** 1.2 x 8.6 x 5.7 IN

**Publication Date:** August 16, 2022

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