Frankenstein: Lost Souls: A Novel

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz brings his fertile imagination and unparalleled storytelling abilities to one of the most timeless—and terrifying—creations in all of fiction: the legend of Frankenstein. In Lost Souls, Koontz puts a singular twist on this classic tale of ambition and science gone wrong and forges a new legend uniquely suited to our times—a story of revenge, redemption, and the razor-thin line that separates humanity from inhumanity as we consider a new invitation to apocalypse.

The work of creation has begun again. Only now things will be different. Victor Leben, once Frankenstein, has not only seen the future—he’s ready to populate it. Using stem cells, “organic” silicon circuitry, and nanotechnology, he will engender a race of superhumans—the perfect melding of flesh and machine. With a powerful, enigmatic backer eager to see his dream come to fruition and a secret location where the enemies of progress can’t find him, Victor is certain that this time, nothing and no one can stop him.

It is up to five people to prove him wrong. In their hands rests nothing less than the survival of humanity itself.

They are drawn together in different ways, by omens sinister and wondrous, to the same shattering conclusion: Two years after they saw him die, the man they knew as Victor Helios lives on. Detectives Carson O’Connor and Michael Maddison; Victor’s engineered wife, Erika 5, and her companion Jocko; and the original Victor’s first creation, the tormented Deucalion, have all arrived at a small Montana town where their old alliance will be renewed—and tested—by forces from within and without, and where the dangers they face will eclipse any they have yet encountered. Yet in the midst of their peril, love will blossom, and joy, and they will discover sources of strength and perseverance they could not have imagined.

They will need all these resources, and more. For a monumental battle is about to commence that will require all their ingenuity and courage, as it defines what we are to be . . . and if we are to be at all.

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±1±: Best Buy For an exciting rip-roaring tale that has you on the edge of your seat throughout, you can't beat Dean Koontz. I discovered his books twenty years ago when I picked up Lightning in a bookstore. I fell in love with his style of writing, a mixture of suspense, horror, science-fiction, with touches of humor and compassion thrown in for good measure. I'm still drawn by his voice, which is distinctive. He's a master craftsman, and I can honestly say I've never read a bad Koontz book. After I'd read the last book in the Frankenstein series:Dead and Alive (which I thought was too short), I had a suspicion that #3 wasn't the last we'd seen of the series even though I had no inkling that he was going to write Lost Souls. Victor had to have plans for that figure in golden fluid confined to a glass coffin in his secret room that Erika Five discovered. I'm glad he wrote this book, though, because I wasn't ready to say so long to characters I'd come to love. I want more Deucalion. And I'd like to know if Odd Thomas is going to make an appearance in a future book since there was a connection in this book to Odd (read it to find out what I'm talking about).You've read a synopsis, you know what the plot is. I'll just say that I loved the new characters he introduces in this series. Deucalion, Carson and Michael, Erika Five, and Jocko return and Jocko's a hoot. But I found the new characters compelling too. I can't wait to see how Nummy, who is mentally-challenged, and Mr. Lyss, a despicable (or it seems) petty thief will affect the climax of the tale. Also Bryce Walker, an elderly western novelist, who begins to suspect something and escapes from a hospital with a young boy, Travis, could also have a pivotal role in the outcome. The book ended way too soon. I'm used to novels from Mr. Koontz totaling six hundred pages or more, but this one only came in at 350. Publishers are cutting back on wordage from their authors, though. I ought to know as I've been affected too in that respect. So I'm not going to complain too much about the length. I just wish we didn't have to wait for book # 2 so long! This novel reminded me a great deal of two other Koontz novels about a group of disparate people getting together to fight evil: Strangers and Midnight. If you haven't read those, treat yourself to them. on Sale!