The Monstrumologist

The Monstrumologist

2009 • 450 pages

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These are the secrets I have kept. This is the trust I never betrayed. But he is dead now and has been for more than forty years, the one who gave me his trust, the one for whom I kept these secrets. The one who saved me . . . and the one who cursed me.

So starts the diary of Will Henry, orphaned assistant to Dr. Pellinore Warthorpe, a man with a most unusual specialty: monstrumology, the study of monsters. In his time with the doctor, Will has met many a mysterious late-night visitor, and seen things he never imagined were real. But when a grave robber comes calling in the middle of the night with a gruesome find, he brings with him their most deadly case yet.

A gothic tour de force that explores the darkest heart of man and monster and asks the question: When does man become the very thing he hunts?

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4 primary books

The Monstrumologist

The Monstrumologist is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 2006 with contributions by Rick Yancey.

The Monstrumologist
The Curse of the Wendigo
The Isle of Blood
The Final Descent

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October 27, 2011

A friend sent this too me because she thought I'd enjoy it, and I did. Orphans, gore, monsters, mad scientists and crazy bounty hunters all made for very much fun. And I'll be more than happy to read the sequel when it comes out.

November 15, 2009
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