After months of research, it was traced back to bats. First recognized in Brisbane, Australia, in 1994, it killed a dozen horses and one man. You can be excused for never having heard of Hendra. He kicks off with the pandemic that wasn’t. But do not let this put you off, for he is a master at writing a suspenseful narrative and has chopped up the book in 115 short chapters that irresistibly flow into each other. Quammen likes to write big, chunky books.
Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic, written by David Quammen, published by Vintage in August 2013 (paperback, 592 pages)
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