All comprehensive earthly life has a common ancestor: a cell that only once created once within 4 billion years, from simple bacterial predecessors. Was it an extraordinary coincidence, or other "experiments" in the evolution of complexity failed? In the heart of biology, the black hole is. Instituting without a cover: we have no idea why life has evolved as strangely as it evolved, and why cells are driven in such a special way. Nick Lane's book, which outlines the convincing scenario of simple cells into complex cells with their characteristic qualities, accompanied by the necessary explanation of biochemical foundations of living cells and billions of years distant to the birth of life in close proximity to hydrothermal vents.