Weaving together in-depth interviews with doctors, their diaries, and notes, this page-turning account follows the medical students who received their degrees early to help treat thousands of critically ill COVID-19 patients in New York City during the height of the pandemic.

The gripping account of six young doctors enlisted to fight COVID-19, an engrossing, eye-opening book in the tradition of both Sheri Fink's Five Days at Memorial and Scott Turow's One L. Woven together from in-depth interviews with the doctors, their diaries and notes, and Goldberg's own extensive reporting, this is an unforgettable depiction of a crisis unfolding in real time and a timeless and unique chronicle of the rite of passage of young doctors.

Taking the Hippocratic Oath via Zoom, six young doctors are enlisted to fight COVID-19, serving the front lines in the desperate battle to save lives as the coronavirus plunged New York City into crisis. Woven together from in-depth interviews with the doctors, their notes, and Goldberg's own extensive reporting, this book describes a crisis unfolding in real time and provides a timeless and unique chronicle of the medical residency rite of passage.