In 2019, Kansas City ICU nurse Laura Luther weathered a myriad of life changes and losses. She got married, lost her father—and then her puppy—and spent her husband's birthday in the hospital emergency department after suffering a severe panic attack. In February 2020, after four months trying to bring herself back to life with therapy, antidepressants, and nights out at bars, she was just starting to feel like herself again. Then, in March 2020, the entire world turned upside down. In what seemed like an instant, the medical and surgical intensive care unit in which Laura worked turned into a COVID-19 only ICU, and suddenly Laura was witnessing more death and despair than she ever thought possible. A few weeks into the pandemic, Laura was offered the opportunity to take her nursing skills to one of the epicenters of the crisis: New York City. Into the Lion's Den is Laura's heartbreaking, deeply personal account of the thirteen weeks that followed. Thirteen weeks in a COVID-19 ICU in a city with the highest COVID case and death counts in the world. Thirteen weeks of pain, loss, and profound self-discovery that would change her perspective on life forever.