The City of Dr Moreau

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A visionary new horror novel in the style of Wells' creepiest and most enduring fictions - a future history following the descendants of the Island of Dr Moreau In H G Wells' The Island of Dr Moreau a shipwrecked traveller finds himself alone on an island ruled by a mad doctor and inhabited by creatures who are at once both beast and human. He escapes...but that is only the beginning of the story. The City of Dr Moreau is a sprawling history of the islanders, and an alternative vision of our own times. Spanning more than a century, criss-crossing across numerous places and many lives, we witness the growth of Moreau's legacy, from gothic experiments to an event which changes the world. From the wharves of Victorian London to a boarding house with an inhuman resident to an assassin on a twentieth-century train ordered to kill the one man who knows the truth, we follow secret skirmishes and hidden plots which emerge, eventually and violently, into the open.

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"Barnes takes some hints from the original book, recreating the Moreau Horrors episode that Wells mentions in passing and giving a cameo role to his protagonist, Prendick... The City of Dr Moreau rattles along agreeably and has more than enough twists to hold the attention."
Times Literary Supplement

"The plot is packed with incident and charcters, skipping from one vignette to the next like a flat stone thrown across a lake. The extrapolation of Wells idea is exemplary...Barnes both updates and innovates."
Financial Times

"An epic what if that significantly expands Wells cautionary tale about genetic engineering, taking it to exciting new places." Sci-Fi Bulletin


On Dracula's Child:

"A modern Gothic masterpiece, and one of the finest vampire novels of recent years. A perfect companion piece to one of the most pivotal novels ever written" Ginger Nuts of Horror

'A boldly inventive sequel to Dracula rips along with a sustained energy and verve, twisting and turning all the way to the supposed editors epilogue' Times Literary Supplement

In style, story content, and characterization, Draculas Child is truly the sequel to Bram Stokers Dracula, succeeding where other, more famous attempts failed New York Journal of Books

Inventive and spooky Mark Gatiss, co-creator of the hit BBC series Dracula and Sherlock

'[A] fitting tribute to Bram Stokers Dracula, matching the originals tone and epistolary form with this choice sequel set slightly over a decade after the originals conclusion. . . Barness modern sensibilities shine through, the action and intrigue delight. This adventurous and dread-inducing tale will have readers hooked' Publishers Weekly

[A] thorough tribute to Bram Stokers original, written in the style of Stokers prose and imagining a continuation of the story this is a must-read for Dracula fans Den of Geek

"This epic tale of madness, temptation, and political scandal set in early-twentieth-century England strikes a resonant chord with todays political climate" Booklist

'A patchwork of dark thrills, woven skilfully from new and familiar voices - Dracula's Child is a macabre delight' Aliya Whiteley, author of The Beauty

"It's a monumental achievement. The tale is engrossing, the tone is spot-on." Stephen Gallagher, author (The Authentic William James) and TV writer (Doctor Who)

"Fiendishly plotted and full of sinister invention . . . a thoroughly modern re-imagining of the Count's undying menace" Richard T Kelly, author of The Knives and The Possessions of Doctor Forest

"Gave me genuine chills and put J.S. Barnes on my list of go-to authors" British Fantasy Society

"Bram Stokers classic continues Its just as dark, evocative, sensual, and horrific. A masterpiece" Horror Tree

J.S. Barnes sequel to Bram Stokers horror classic is a terrific read...Ive not hung on to a book so tightly for many years, its grip so intense that it wouldnt let me go. At the end you take a deep breath and wonder where that time went, albeit time very well spent" Sci-Fi Bulletin

Genuinely frightening...There are striking moments of originality, where Barnes seamlessly merges modern sensibilities with a Stoker-like writing style...Immense fun and after decades of parody- manages to make the Count scary again" FrightFest

Author Bio

Jonathan is the author of Dracula's Child and three other critically acclaimed novels: The Somnambulist, The Domino Men and Cannonbridge (original and monumentally inventive - Washington Post). He writes regularly for the Times Literary Supplement and the Literary Review and is the author of numerous adaptations of classic Victorian novels, including The Invisible Man (starring John Hurt) and Dracula (starring Mark Gatiss). He is married and lives on the fringes of London. Last year, he made a pilgrimage to Transylvania.