[An] engaging, briskly paced account of how scientists came - relatively recently, and sometimes reluctantly - to concede that [black holes] exist.

The Times

[FIVE STARS] A gripping read

BBC Sky at Night magazine

Downright poetic

New York Times

PRAISE FOR MARCUS CHOWN:

'Marcus Chown rocks!' – Brian May, Queen
'Finest cosmology writer of our day' – Matt Ridley
'Chown writes as if he were addressing his fellow human beings.' - New Scientist
'Of all the top-rank science writers, he has the most friendly style, making complex science as simple and approachable as possible.'

Brian Clegg