" It is wondrous, Will Henry," breathed the monstrumologist over the maddening hum of the flies. "I feared we might be wrong-that Socotra was not the *locus ex magnificum*. But we have found it, haven't we? And is it not wondrous?"

I agreed with him. It was wondrous. "

― Rick Yancey , The Isle of Blood (The Monstrumologist, #3)