From the celebrated imagination of Dean Koontz comes a powerful reworking of one of the classic stories of all time. If you think you know the story, you know only half the truth. Get ready for the mystery, the myth, the terror, and the magic of... Dean Koontz's Prodigal Son 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 ...
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From the celebrated imagination of Dean Koontz comes a powerful reworking of one of the classic stories of all time. If you think you know the story, you know only half the truth. Get ready for the mystery, the myth, the terror, and the magic of... Dean Koontz's Prodigal Son 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. "From the Paperback edition."
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It?s been a considerable amount of time since I?ve read any of Dean Koontz?s work, (I?m talking since Midnight and The House of Thunder.) Prodigal Son, the first in a series that?s a spectacular modern re-imagining of Mary Shelley?s classic Frankenstein. Fans of HBO?s Dexter and the Hannibal Lector movies will rejoice as they get their fill in this vividly graphic suspense-thriller, with its laugh out loud sarcasm, and at times disturbing images, which has two cops chasing after a serial killer in Louisiana. Or, is it killers?
Reasonably, it?s hard to believe that the true Dr. Frankenstein is real and actually exists. In his exhausting desperate search for perfection and immortality, his experiments begin to run amok and out of his control. However, with just the right touch of artistry bringing to light Aldous Huxley?s Brave New World and the mythology of Deucalion, it?s easier to find yourself believing that this could have the potential to happen.
This is fast-paced, high action at its best, and with the skills of the famously reputable authors Dean Koontz and Kevin J. Anderson, supernatural fiction doesn?t get any better than this. I?m fighting to not pick up the next book, City of Night, right away. Perhaps I?ll check out the USA network movie that was based off this incredible series first.
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Jun 15, 2009
Frankenstein's new legacy
I would highly recommend this set of books to anyone who enjoys this type of book, but only after the final book is released, I've been waiting 3 years now. Koontz toke the classic Frankenstein and placed it into modern times. The story line is well thought out and the characters are well developed. This book was used as a pilot for a series on tv a few years back but the creative licences the director took completely butchered the story and turned a great book into a television flop.