num_pages: 420
description: Sixteen-year-old Juliet Moreau has built a life for herself in London  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 rumors about her fathers gruesome experiments. But when she learns he is alive and continuing his work on a remote tropical island she is determined to find out if the accusations are true.Accompanied by her fathers handsome young assistant Montgomery and an enigmatic castaway Edward  both of whom she is deeply drawn toJuliet travels to the island only to discover the depths of her fathers madness: He has experimented on animals so that they resemble speak and behave as humans. And worse one of the creatures has turned violent and is killing the islands inhabitants. Torn between horror and scientific curiosity Juliet knows she must end her father's dangerous experiments and escape her jungle prison before it's too late. Yet as the island falls into chaos she discovers the extent of her fathers geniusand madnessin her own blood.Inspired by H. G. Wellss classic The Island of Dr. Moreau The Madmans Daughter is a dark and breathless Gothic thriller about the secrets well do anything to know and the truths well go to any lengths to protect.
language: English
title: The Madman's Daughter
publisher: Balzer + Bray