An extraordinary journey from the mouths of Gibraltar (where it all begins) to the remote islands of the Aegean Sea, passing through Mar Menor, Croatia, Cyprus, Tunis, the Kerkennah Islands and Venice.

To read this book is to leave on an unprecedented journey into the Mediterranean, that small semi-enclosed ocean in which all the problematic nodes of contemporary life are intertwined and highlighted: climate change, the indiscriminate exploitation of natural resources, the extraction of fossil fuels, and much more. The Mediterranean, so small and so varied in its landscape, is undergoing a rapid transformation due to global warming and the impact of human activities, from the alien species that proliferate to the plastic that suffocates it, from overfishing to the extraction of hydrocarbons.

Stefano Liberti, a highly experienced reporter, has embarked on a long journey and tells the story almost live, in vivid and incisive writing, punctuating the narrative with the voices of fishermen, scientists and activists, those who live in direct contact with the sea and are witnesses to its astonishing changes. The result is a reading that takes our breath away, that draws us into the net, and that, along with the “pleasures” of travel and encounters, shows us very well that our only salvation lies in reconnecting with those ecosystems that we thought we were exploiting, and which are now rebelling and sending us unmistakable signals.