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Juliet Moreau leaves Victorian London to reunite with her estranged father on an island, where she's drawn to Montgomery, her father's assistant, and Edward, a mysterious castaway. As the dangers of the bestial creatures her father creates grow more threatening, Juliet confronts horrifying truths. Shepherd sticks fairly close to Wells's Island of Dr. Moreau but furthers her story's appeal with sweeping romance.