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Violence
A lot
Victorian-era child experimentation and murder; historical violence
Language
Some
Period-appropriate language
Sexual Content
Some
Brief sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Laudanum use in Victorian medical context
Emotional Intensity
Very heavy
Child experimentation; Constance's traumatic origins; time travel paradox
What this book is about
The 21st Pendergast novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (2023) featuring Constance Greene traveling back in time to 1880s New York to confront Dr. Enoch Leng, the man who experimented on her as a child a century ago. A unique entry in the series that functions as both historical thriller and science fiction, exploring Constance's tragic past in the tenements of Gilded Age New York.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Child experimentation and exploitation
Victorian medical body horror
Sexual content
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