Traces the process and influences behind the writing of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel, Treasure Island, which was published in 1883 when the horrors of piracy were fresh in the public mind.
As seventeen-year-old Jill Jekel and classmate Tristen Hyde work together on a chemistry project, hoping to win a scholarship for her and a cure for his curse, they also uncover family secrets and a chemistry of their own.
Retells in graphic novel format Stevenson's story of a well respected doctor being transformed into a murderous madman after taking a secret drug of his own creation.
Provides background on some of history's man-made horrors, including Frankenstein, robots, mutants, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, slashers, Jack the Ripper, and others, and shares stories of real-life horrors.
