The Dragon Behind the Glass

By Emily Voigt
Published by Simon & Schuster

• WINNER 2017 NASW Science in Society Journalism Award

• FINALIST 2017 PEN/E. O. WILSON Literary Science Writing Award 

• LONGLISTED for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence

• A Library Journal Best Science Book of the Year

"[A] curiously edifying book... Comprehensively researched and gracefully written." —The New York Times

"With the taut suspense of a spy novel, Voigt paints a vivid world of murder, black market deals, and habitat destruction surrounding a fish that's considered, ironically, to be a good-luck charm." —Discover

"[An] immensely satisfying story, full of surprises and suspense....Things get weird fast." —The Wall Street Journal