MUTE

Set largely in the province of Alberta, Brad Steel's MUTE is a world-class work of fiction. Katherine "Kat" Francis, a charming and gifted animal doctor, has just watched her life turned upside-down after a series of deaths, including the demise of her six-year marriage. But when a mysterious package shows up at her clinic-filled with gruesome photos of mutilated cattle-things are about to get a whole lot worse.

It soon becomes evident the sender is not a stranger, but in fact someone with whom Kat was once very intimate. A hobby investigator of mysterious animal mutilations, he has stumbled upon a link between the Mad Cow outbreak and a desperate plot to win the war on terror. One that would touch off a holocaust of unprecedented scale.

Kat's quest for answers draws her into the lives of several unforgettable characters in Canada and Europe, while entangling her in a deadly maelstrom of world politics, greed and fear. Perhaps the greatest truth she learns is about herself-facing secrets she's kept hidden from even those closest to her...

Author site: http://www.BradSteel.com