Could’ve Been a Nightmare
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
By Silvia Moreno-Garcia

15 Jul, 2022
Doing the WFC's Homework
Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s 2022 The Daughter of Doctor Moreau is a stand-alone historical SF novel.
Hernando Lizalde provided the visionary Dr. Moreau with funding and a secluded research facility in Yaxaktun. All Lizalde asked in return was that Moreau uplift animals and create a legion of docile workers, workers who could replace the rebellious Maya who had refused to work for bad wages under bad conditions (oh and the Italians1 who very inconsiderately succumbed to fatal disease).
But by 1877 Moreau has managed many failures and a few successes: some human-animal servants.