This gothic, gory novelâthe third book in the Printz Honorâwinning Monstrumologist seriesâis âarticulately literary, horrifically grotesque, and mind-bendingly complexâ (Kirkus Reviews).
When Dr. Warthrop goes hunting for the âHoly Grail of Monstrumologyâ with his eager new assistant, Arkwright, he leaves Will Henry in Victorian New York. Finally, Will can enjoy something that always seemed out of reach: a normal life with a real family. But part of Will canât let go of Dr. Warthrop, and when Arkwright returns, claiming that the doctor is dead, Will is devastatedâand not convinced.
Determined to discover the truth, Will travels to London, knowing that if he succeeds, he will be plunging into depths of horror worse than anything he has experienced so far. His journey takes him to Socotra, the Isle of Blood, where human beings are used to make nests and blood rains from the skyâand puts Will Henryâs loyalty to the ultimate test.