In the eerie darkness of 19th-century New England, orphan Will Henry serves as the apprentice to Dr. Pellinore Warthrop, an enigmatic scientist with an extraordinary pursuit: the study and eradication of monsters. Faced with the arrival of a ghastly trophy—a young girl's corpse and the grotesque creature that consumed her—Will is thrust into an unnerving world filled with Anthropophagi, nightmarish beasts that feed through deadly maws on their torsos. Dr. Warthrop's discovery of a sinister Anthropophagus child heralds an ominous surge in monstrous activity, signaling a shadowy threat that promises to engulf humanity. With a mounting sense of dread, Will and his mentor must navigate the perilous terrain of monster-hunting, confronting terrors that seek to devour not just their bodies, but the very world they strive to protect.