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| Original Title: | Dean Koontz's Frankenstein: Prodigal Son |
| ISBN: | 141591561X (ISBN13: 9781415915615) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Dean Koontz's Frankenstein #1 |
| Characters: | Deucalion, Carson O'Connor, Michael Maddison, Victor Frankenstein |
| Setting: | New Orleans, Louisiana(United States) |
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Audio Cassette | Pages: 205 pages Rating: 4.02 | 33022 Users | 1632 Reviews
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| Title | : | Prodigal Son (Dean Koontz's Frankenstein #1) |
| Author | : | Dean Koontz |
| Book Format | : | Audio Cassette |
| Book Edition | : | Unabridged |
| Pages | : | Pages: 205 pages |
| Published | : | January 28th 2005 by Books on Tape (first published January 25th 2005) |
| Categories | : | Horror. Fiction. Thriller. Fantasy. Mystery. Science Fiction. Suspense |
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Every city has secrets. But none as terrible as this. His name is Deucalion, a tattooed man of mysterious origin, a sleight-of-reality artist who’s traveled the centuries with a secret worse than death. He arrives as a serial killer stalks the streets, a killer who carefully selects his victims for the humanity that is missing in himself. Detective Carson O’Connor is cool, cynical, and every bit as tough as she looks. Her partner Michael Maddison would back her up all the way to Hell itself–and that just may be where this case ends up. For the no-nonsense O’Connor is suddenly talking about an ages-old conspiracy, a near immortal race of beings, and killers that are more—and less—than human. Soon it will be clear that as crazy as she sounds, the truth is even more ominous. For their quarry isn’t merely a homicidal maniac—but his deranged maker.Rating Containing Books Prodigal Son (Dean Koontz's Frankenstein #1)
Ratings: 4.02 From 33022 Users | 1632 ReviewsAssessment Containing Books Prodigal Son (Dean Koontz's Frankenstein #1)
3.0 to 3.5 stars. This was a really fun, fast paced read. I thought the main character of Deucalion was well done and gave you a character you could really cheer for in the story. The human characters were pretty two dimensional, except for Victor Frankenstein who was a good villian. This minor gripe aside, the story is worth a read.Really good fun. One of the best Koontz novels I've read.
Hummmmm...... Well, I'm one of those people, possibly one of the few people who wasn't enthralled by Mary Shelly's classic. So even though I like "much of" Dean Koontz's writing I put off reading this one for some time.Bottom line on it is that it's pretty good.The book is readable. Koontz can do good serviceable writing, sometimes his prose is almost inspired. Here it's largely the former. Building on the general idea from the Shelly book he expands the story. We're led to believe that Shelly
Out of the last of the twilight came Deucalion with a suitcase, in clothes too heavy for the sultry night.Koontz does a pretty good job of extrapolating the Frankenstein mythos. He doesnt do much to alter the original history, but instead focuses on a what if scenario. What if Mary Shelleys novel was an account of actual events? What if Victor and his creation were still around today? How could that have come about? What would they be doing? Etcetera. This kind of thing has a multitude of
I really love and enjoy Dean Koontz Frankenstein graphic novel, that I wanted to give the novel version a chance. Because I had a feeling that I would love the novel more. And ohh boy I sure did love and enjoy the novel version more. I know this book was not for every readers in fact I know some readers love the graphic novel more, which I totally understand why. But I absolutely love and enjoy the novel version much more, there were some things that didn't have in the graphic novel that it had
3.5If you can get past the cringy idea of a modern Frankenstein,Then it's pretty alright. Haha the serial killer stuff really got me, and it intrigues me enough to continue with the series.
He Lives!Both Frankenstein and his monster have achieved a level of immortality and find themselves living their 200th year in New Orleans. Nope, not joking.But I like the way Koontz spins this one: above-ground burial crypts = easy access to bodies for Dr. Frankenstein's creepy endeavors. He's still creating people, only now he's kind of perfected it, and he's planting New World infiltrators in every area of society - police stations, churches, government. Well, that would explain a lot, huh?
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