But these weren't the kind of monsters that had tentacles and rotting skin, the kind a seven-year-old might be able to wrap his mind around-they were monsters with human faces, in crisp uniforms, marching in lockstep, so banal you don't recognize them for what they are until it's too late.
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (ed. Quirk Books, 2011) - ISBN: 9781594745133