SOMEONE NEW IS PLAYING GODThe Frankenstein story updated to the 21st century by the great American storyteller Dean Koontz.Created centuries ago by a madman, possessed of seemingly supernatural powers and a dogged drive for justice, the mysterious Deucalion arrives in New Orleans as the next generation of Dr Frankenstein's monsters are about to be unleashed by their deranged maker, now known as Victor Helios.Deucalion's path will cross with that of tough police detective Carson O'Connor and her partner, Michael Maddison, who are on the trail of a vicious serial killer stalking the city, a killer who selects his victims for the humanity that is missing in himself.Reluctantly, Carson will join forces with Deucalion against a far greater, terrifying threat: an entire race of killers who are much more - and less - than human ...Deucalion seeks one final confrontation with the evil genius who created him, Dr Frankenstein.Dean Koontz, the master storyteller, creates a bold new legend.
Timothy Carrier sitter och dricker öl i sin favoritbar när en man skjuter över ett kuvert innehållande tio tusen dollar, ett foto på en vacker kvinna och meddelandet "Tio tusen nu. Resten får du när hon är borta."Innan Tim hinner fatta vad som hänt har mannen försvunnit. Bara tio minuter senare kommer en annan man in i baren. En man som visar sig vara torped. Han misstar Tim för att vara klienten som anställt honom för mordet på kvinnan som Tim tidigare fick ett foto av. Plötsligt befinner sig Tim i ett läge där han är den enda som kan rädda en oskyldig kvinnas liv ...Dean Ray Koontz, född 9 juli 1945 i Everett, Pennsylvania, är en amerikansk storsäljande författare. Han är främst känd för sina spännings- och skräckromaner.
The Frankenstein story is updated to the 21st century by the great American storyteller Dean Koontz. Now someone new is playing god.They are stronger, heal better and think faster than any humans ever created - and they must be destroyed. But not even Victor Helios can stop the engineered killers he has set loose on a reign of terror through modern-day New Orleans.The mad genius had not imagined that his creations would develop minds - and purposes - of their own. And as Deucalion and Detectives O'Connor and Maddison race to uncover an age-old conspiracy, they will discover that Victor's new, improved models have infiltrated every level of New Orleans society ... and far beyond.Dean Koontz, the master storyteller, creates a bold new legend.
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.
SOMEONE NEW IS PLAYING GODThe Frankenstein story updated to the 21st century by the great American storyteller Dean Koontz.In a powerful reworking of one of the classic stories of all time, Dr Frankenstein lives on, seemingly indestructible, more malignant than ever.Frankenstein's first monster, Deucalion, has spent two hundred years trying to put an end to his creator. Now he learns that a new Frankenstein clone, Victor Helios, is out there again, somewhere.Terrifyingly, with each incarnation the sinister doctor draws closer to the possibility of succeeding in his ambition to create a new human race - which he will control. He has found an enigmatic backer and is working in a secret location.Together with the two ex-cops who helped him destroy the previous Victor, Deucalion is drawn to the small Montana town where Victor's grotesque new creations are taking shape.Victor's New Race is spectacularly different, a product of cutting-edge technology and stem-cell circuits, and when things go wrong, they go wrong in very unexpected ways.Frankenstein is unleashing a new menace on the world, whether he can control it or not. And even if Deucalion can bring him down, it may be too late.
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