A dark, breathless, beautifully-written gothic thriller of murder, madness and a mysterious island…

London, 1894. Juliet Moreau has generated a life for herself-working being a maid, going to chapel on Sundays, and trying not to take into account the scandal that ruined her existence. After all, no-one ever proved the rumours about her father’s gruesome tests. However when she learns her father is definitely alive and carrying on his work on a remote control tropical island, she is determined to learn if the about The Madman’s Little girl accusations were true.

Juliet is accompanied by the doctor’s handsome young assistant and an enigmatic castaway, who both attract Juliet for very different factors. They happen to be the island only to uncover the depths of her father’s madness: he has generated animals that have been vivisected to resemble, speak, and behave as humans. Worse, among the creatures has switched violent and is eliminating the island’s inhabitants. Juliet knows she must end her father’s dangerous experiments and get away the island, even though her horror is certainly blended with her own medical interest. As the island falls into chaos, she discovers the extent of her father’s genius-and madness-in her personal blood.