In the celebrated imagination of Dean Koontz comes a powerful reworking of one from the classic stories of all time. If you think you understand the legend, you know only half the reality. The mystery, the myth, the terror, as well as the magic continue . .

These are stronger, heal better, and think faster than any humans ever created—and they must be destroyed. Not Victor Helios—once Frankenstein—can prevent the built killers he’s established loose on a reign of terror through modern-day New Orleans. Only the one-time “monster” Deucalion and his all-too-human companions, Detectives Carson O’Connor and Michael Maddison, stand within their way. But simply because the three competition to uncover the true dimensions of the age-old conspiracy, they’ll find that Victor’s brand-new, improved models have got infiltrated every degree of the city’s culture . . . and considerably beyond.