The Daughter of Doctor Moreau

From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was
the Night comes a dreamy reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set
against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico.

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Carlota Moreau: A young woman, growing up in a distant and luxuriant estate,
safe from the conflict and strife of the Yucatán peninsula, the only daughter
of a genius - or a madman.

Montgomery Laughton: A melancholic overseer with a tragic past and a
propensity for alcohol, an outcast who assists Dr Moreau with his scientific
experiments, which are financed by the Lizaldes, owners of magnificent
haciendas with plentiful coffers.

The hybrids: The fruits of the Doctor's labour, destined to blindly obey their
creator while they remain in the shadows, are a motley group of part-human,
part-animal monstrosities.

All of them are living in a perfectly balanced and static world which is
jolted by the abrupt arrival of Eduardo Lizalde, the charming and careless son
of Doctor Moreau's patron - who will, unwittingly, begin a dangerous chain-
reaction.

For Moreau keeps secrets, Carlota has questions, and in the sweltering heat of
the jungle passions may ignite.