"Leapin' lizards, Miss Plumtartt, we've got big trouble, really big trouble " "Indeed, Mr. Temperance, for unethical experiments carried out in this remote locale, somewhere south of Nippon, has left this Monstrous Isle aswarm with uncanny creatures of titanic dimensions, eh hem?" "Yes, Ma'am, Miss Plumtartt, Ma'am, and if we ain't careful, one extra jumbo-sized mega-reptile is going to run rampant all over our unsuspecting planet " "Then let us gather what comrades we may, however unlikely they be, and face this, the greatest of your challenges: Ichabod Temperance versus the Monarch of all Monsters " {Attention: The font-intensive nature of this book did not translate well into Kindle. The reader is advised to purchase the paperback edition. Icky.}