The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells

We meet at picnic area 3 at Kaka'ako Waterfront Park.
The Island of Dr. Moreau is an 1896 classic SF story by the master storyteller H.G. Wells. A shipwrecked scientist, Edward Pendrick, finds himself at the island home of Dr. Moreau, a scientist who creates human-animal hybrid creatures.

This book is in the public domain and a text version is available for free from Project Gutenberg. Audio versions are available for free from Librivox. The book is also available from the library system.