The Daughter of Doctor Moreau

A reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set in nineteenth-century Mexico, Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night is written by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. It follows Carlota Moreau, a young woman growing up in a distant estate, and Montgomery Laughton, an overseer with a tragic past. The hybrids of Dr Moreau's experiments are living in a balanced world, but the arrival of Eduardo Lizalde, the son of Doctor Moreau's patron, begins a dangerous chain-reaction.

Format: Hardback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 19 July 2022
Publisher: Quercus Publishing

From the acclaimed author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a mesmerizing retelling of The Island of Doctor Moreau, set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico.

ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022 - She Reads

The imagination of Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a thing of wonder, restless and romantic, fearless in the face of genre, embracing the polarities of storytelling - New York Times

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, financed by the Lizaldes, owners of magnificent haciendas with plentiful coffers.

The hybrids: The fruits of the Doctor's labor, 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.

Weight: 538g
Dimension: 163 x 240 x 32 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529417999