The Signature of Breath

The first cough comes from a horse. Soon, the whole world is holding its breath.

In The Signature of Breath, veterinarian Dr. Mara Keene is called to Foxglove Ranch when a thoroughbred develops an unusual fever and cough. Within days, horses at other barns are falling ill. Pneumonia follows. Then death.

And the people caring for them begin getting sick.

The outbreak is identified as a novel influenza A lineage, provisionally designated E-26. As cases spread from barns into hospitals and eviden...