Мрачный, захватывающий готический триллер об убийстве, безумии и таинственном острове...
Лондон, 1894 год. Джульет Моро построила себе жизнь - работает горничной, посещает церковь по воскресеньям и старается не думать о скандале, который разрушил ее жизнь. В конце концов, никто так и не доказал слухи об ужасных экспериментах ее отца. Но когда она узнает, что ее отец жив и продолжает свою работу на отдаленном тропическом острове, она решает выяснить, были ли обвинения правдой.
Джульет сопровождают красивый молодой ассистент ее отца и загадочный кораблекрушенец, привлекающие ее по разным причинам. Они путешествуют на остров, чтобы открыть глубину безумия ее отца: он создал животных, подвергнутых вивисекции, чтобы они выглядели, говорили и вели себя как люди. Что еще хуже, одно из существ стало агрессивным и убивает жителей острова. Джульет понимает, что должна положить конец опасным экспериментам отца и бежать с острова, хотя ее ужас смешан с собственным научным любопытством. По мере того, как на острове нарастает хаос, она обнаруживает глубину гения и безумия своего отца в собственной крови.
The Madman's Daughter by Megan Shepherd
In a dark and gripping gothic novel, Megan Shepherd follows the story of Juliet Moreau, a maid charged with navigating a perilous and exotic island where the secrets of her scheming father's former experiments have yet to be settled.
With breathtaking prose, Shepherd captures the ambiance of late 19th century London, peppering it with hints of supernatural and science-fiction mystery. A budding detective with a boundless sense of adventure, Juliet embarks on the journeys of madness that unfold before her. She connects with new friends, deals with betrayal, and grapples with enduring her role as the daughter of a torturer as she attempts a harrowing quest to save the lives of innocent guests, uncover the truth behind her mother's disappearance, and determine whether or not her own family shares her father's dark legacy and blood.
As her story becomes too entangled to untangle, the question arises: can she unfold the mystery of her surroundings, take on the crises of an atypical destination, and ultimately save her own skin from her own obsessive probes into the unknown?
The Madman's Daughte is an unforgettable and unsettling adventure propelled by a character driven by curiosity and dedicated to bringing justice. Shepherd weaves a tantalizing tale of murder, insanity, and heartwrenching moral ambiguous as she skillfully gears the reader's pace towards an explosive denouement.
Fans of Livia Gold's Gild and Megan Shepherd's beautiful debut novel, Dry Bones, will treasure this stick-to-the-gritty examination of human nature acting in the darkest and most unaccountable of circumstances. It's a gripping tale, tinged with mystery, suspense, and graphic details of brutal deception and destruction. But more than anything, it's an emotional love letter to the psychological and interpersonal ties that bind us and destabilize our bearings-- and all of us.
Monumental, mind-twisting goth novel. Its dark and disturbing, powerfully written story follows a mysterious nightmarish island – spanning seventeen years in the life of one lion-hearted young woman. Maggie Shepherd takes readers on a journey of unapologetic compassion and gritty survival.
Электронная Книга «The Madman’s Daughter» написана автором Megan Shepherd в году.
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Язык: Английский
ISBN: 9780007500215
Описание книги от Megan Shepherd
A dark, breathless, beautifully-written gothic thriller of murder, madness and a mysterious island…London, 1894. Juliet Moreau has built a life for herself—working as a maid, attending church on Sundays, and trying not to think about the scandal that ruined her life. After all, no one ever proved the rumours about her father’s gruesome experiments. But when she learns her father is alive and continuing his work on a remote tropical island, she is determined to find out if the accusations were true.Juliet is accompanied by the doctor’s handsome young assistant and an enigmatic castaway, who both attract Juliet for very different reasons. They travel to the island only to discover the depths of her father’s madness: he has created animals that have been vivisected to resemble, speak, and behave as humans. Worse, one of the creatures has turned violent and is killing the island’s inhabitants. Juliet knows she must end her father’s dangerous experiments and escape the island, even though her horror is mixed with her own scientific curiosity. As the island falls into chaos, she discovers the extent of her father’s genius—and madness—in her own blood.
