An historical thriller narrated from two different perspectives, in two eras. The novel revolves, around kidnapping of five babies during the night of 5th of April 1885. This is the start of the experiment into the idea of nature vs nurture. What happens if these children are given different upbringing?

Twenty-five years later the children now grown up suddenly reappear on the doorsteps of their biological parents. Confused by his daughter’s memory loss, one parent hires Alejandro a journalist to investigate. What he discovers shocks him to the core.

A twisty thriller steeped in the gothic fantasies and scientific romances of Mary Shelley, Robert Louis Stevenson, and H.G. Wells, this engaging and often unsettling book foreshadows the Fascist horrors of WWII, pointing to the dark ends of scientific rationalism and utopian nationalism.

- Browns Books Synopsis