A rabid dog's bite on a young girl in a Colombian seaport sets in motion a tale of superstition and survival when a witch doctor's prophecy of plague reaches the ears of her aristocratic father. As Sierva Maria emerges mysteriously unharmed from an attack that kills others, whispered rumors begin to transform her miraculous escape into something far more sinister. Gabriel García Márquez weaves a haunting narrative where the line between faith, fever, and fate blurs in the tropical shadows of colonial America.
