![]() Wells, this wholly new novel paints a vivid picture that is as alluring as it is unsettling, filled with action, romance, and monsters. Told from Carlota and Montgomery’s points of view and clearly inspired by H. Six years later, he is a vital part of their grotesque utopian “family.” But outside the walls of the estate, instability and violence rule as colonial powers, the Mexicans of Spanish descent, and the Mayans are vying for control of the country, and an unexpected visit by the handsome son of Lizalde brings the turmoil of the outside world in. Montgomery, a troubled man running away from his past, was hired as Moreau’s new overseer by his patron, the wealthy Lizalde, when Carlota was 14. Moreau, lives on an isolated estate on the Yucatán Peninsula in the 1870s, where her life revolves around her father’s hybrid human-animal creatures. ![]() Carlota, the beautiful and brilliant daughter of Dr. ![]()
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