The Island of Dr. Moreau

After a shipwreck, Edward Prendick is rescued and taken to a remote Pacific island. There he meets Dr. Moreau and finds a place of disturbing experiments and strange, half-human inhabitants. As Prendick learns what is happening, he is forced to confront troubling questions about cruelty, science and the thin line between human and animal. A short, unsettling novel, it combines adventure with a sober warning about science without conscience.