num_pages: 672
description: A stunning new work of historical fantasy J. M. Miro's Ordinary Monsters introduces readers to the dark labyrinthe world of The TalentsEngland 1882. In Victorian London two children with mysterious powers are hunted by a figure of darkness a man made of smoke.Sixteen-year-old Charlie Ovid despite a lifetime of brutality doesn't have a scar on him. His body heals itself whether he wants it to or not. Marlowe a foundling from a railway freight car shines with a strange bluish light. He can melt or mend flesh. When two grizzled detectives are recruited to escort them north to safety they are forced to confront the nature of difference and belonging and the shadowy edges of the monstrous.What follows is a journey from the gaslit streets of London to an eerie estate outside Edinburgh where other children with giftsthe Talentshave been gathered. Here the world of the dead and the world of the living threaten to collide. And as secrets within the Institute unfurl Marlowe Charlie and the rest of the Talents will discover the truth about their abilities and the nature of the force that is stalking them: that the worst monsters sometimes come bearing the sweetest gifts.With lush prose mesmerizing world-building and a gripping plot Ordinary Monsters presents a catastophic vision of the Victorian worldand of the gifted broken children who must save it.
language: English
title: Ordinary Monsters
publisher: Flatiron Books