Hic Sunt Dracones: Being a True Account of the Rescue of Professor George Herbert Endeavour from a Curious Misadventure

Professor George Herbert Endeavour is the most brilliant scientist of the Victorian era, as well as perhaps its most infamous curmudgeon. A veteran of numerous scientific expeditions, it is clear to him that only he is qualified to identify and capture a newly reported predatory species in the Carpathian Mountains. But that which lies in wait in the Hungarian wilderness is beyond even his imagination.
When the need is dire, what hardy soles will hazard his rescue, and at what cost?