Book description
The Frankenstein story is updated to the 21st century by the great
American storyteller Dean Koontz. Now someone new is playing god.
Frankenstein lives! And so too does his monstrous creation … but this
creature of legend is a monster no more and his scarred face bears
witness to his maker's wrath. His name is Deucalion.
As a devastating hurricane approaches New Orleans, Victor Helios, once
know as Frankenstein, has unleased his benighted creatures onto the
streets. As New Orleans descends into chaos, his engineered killers spin
out of control, and the only hope rests with Victor's first and failed
attempt to build the perfect human, whose damned path has led him to the
ultimate confrontation with his pitiless creator.
But first, Deucalion must destroy a monstrosity not even Victor's
malignant mind could have imagined - an indestructible entity that steps
out of humankind's collective nightmare with one purpose: to replace us.
This is a powerful reworking of one of the classic stories of all time.
'There's surprise after surprise, including a killer finale … a
read-in-one-go novel' Independent on Sunday on Velocity
'Velocity hits its pace from the first page and races through to a
suitably climactic ending.' Sydney Sunday Telegraph
'Dean Koontz is not just a master of our darkest dreams, but also a
literary juggler.' The Times
'If Stephen King is the Rolling Stones of novels, Koontz is the
Beatles.' Playboy
'Dean Koontz writes page-turners, middle-of-the-night
sneak-up-behind-you suspense thrillers. He touches our hearts and
tingles our spines.' Washington Post Book World
'Tumbling, hallucinogenic prose. Serious writers might do well to study
his technique.' New York Times Book Review
'The poet laureate of paranoid pop fiction.' Denver Post Dean Koontz
is an international household name whose hugely entertaining parables
for our times have been bestsellers in many countries, selling seventeen
million copies each year. Born and raised in Pennsylvania, he lives with
his wife Gerda, their dog Anna, and the enduring spirit of their dog
Trixie in southern California.
