McKenna reveals the hidden history of MRSA's relentless advance-- how it has overwhelmed hospitals, assaulted families, and infiltrated agriculture and live-stock, moving inexorably into the food chain.

The first alert -- The cloud babies -- The silent attack -- The puzzle pieces -- The biggest thing since AIDS -- The flood rising -- Gone without warning -- The foe on the field -- Prison, the perfect incubator -- Into the food chain -- Soap, the wonder cure -- The end of antibiotics -- The epidemics converging.