In this dark fantasy novel, learn about a nineteenth-century Philadelphia surgeon’s lost codex and his gruesome attempt to establish a contentious theory by any means necessary.

This gaslamp bestiary, which combines a terrifying horror tale with grotesquely detailed anatomical images, is a combination of a fictional biography and a gorgeous coffee table art book.

“A cabinet of curiosities, stitching history, mythology, and sideshow into one whole creature, is disturbingly lovely.” —The Night Circus author Erin Morgenstern

In one book, The Resurrectionist presents two remarkable works. The first section is a terrifying fictitious biography of Dr. Spencer Black, covering his early years spent dissecting bodies, his medical education, his carnival travels, his cruel and insane experiments, and, lastly, his unexplained disappearance. Black’s masterpiece, The Codex Extinct Animalia, is the second section. It is a Gray’s Anatomy for mythological animals, with incredibly detailed anatomical pictures.