Cancer is the enemy lurking within almost every living creature. Cancer has always been with us. It killed our hominid ancestors, the mammals they evolved from, and the dinosaurs that trampled the ground before that. Why? Because cancer is a bug in the system of life.

That's the viewpoint explored by Dr Kat Arney in her captivating new book "Rebel Cell: Cancer, Evolution, and the Science of Life". "Rebel Cell" provides an up-to-the-minute survey of the latest results and ideas in the quest to understand and tame this disease. It looks at cancer through the lens of evolution, exploring where it came from, where it's going, and how we might finally beat it.

Here is some sample feedback for the book:

"This book is packed with big ideas about life. Every chapter has something in it which made me think 'wow'. Having worked in a major cancer charity for many years, Arney writes with genuine in-depth understanding and is a perfect guide."
--Daniel M. Davis, author of The Beautiful Cure

"A lively study of the Big C, which makes the case that cancer is the price we pay for our marvellously complicated bodies."
-- The Times, best books of 2020

"Rebel Cell is a bright, engaging read, fizzing with energy and metaphor. Kat Arney is a science writer for all of us - a powerful and talented story teller."
-- Stephen McGann

"Kat's book is Dynamite. A crystal clear reappraisal of the story behind that word we fear to mention."
-- Dallas Campbell, author of Ad Astra: An Illustrated Guide to Leaving the Planet