“Unlike anything you’ve ever read before. An act of astonishing intellectual courage.”

“Readers will be mesmerized by the mirror Bloom holds to the human condition and dumbfounded by the fusillade of eclectic data that arrives with the swiftness and intensity of a furious tennis volley. His style is effortless, engaging, witty, and brisk…He draws on a dozen years of research into a jungle of scholarly fields…and meticulously supports every bit of information.”

“Provocative…explosive…feisty…a string of rhetorical firecrackers that challenge our many forms of self-righteousness.”

“Bloom’s tour of science and history is fascinating…A grand, exciting idea.”

“Howard Bloom’s book is an epoch-making and culture-defining treatise. It is destined to be the Future Shock of our time.”

“Elegant…the highest quality of brain food…[A] revolutionary new vision of human nature…[a] monumental work…Heady stuff from a wonderful, original thinker…Simply stunning.”

“A philosophical look at the history of our species, which alternated between fascinating and frightening. Reading it was like reading Dean Koontz or Stephen King: I couldn’t put it down…Masterful.”

“An ambitious, often provocative study.”

“Bloom draws on an impressive range of historical, anthropological, and biological research to support his thesis…Thought-provoking.”

“The Lucifer Principle is a long step forward to understand human biology. Its original assessment is brilliant; its historical facts are unassailable…An outstanding book.”

“A revolutionary vision of the relationship between psychology and history, The Lucifer Principle will have a profound impact on our concepts of human nature. It is astonishing that a book of such importance could be such a pleasure to read.”

“The Lucifer Principle is a tour de force, a brilliant and seminal work.”