Frankenstein, Book One: Prodigal Son

By Dean Koontz

I am a huge Dean Koontz fan and this book only solidifies my confidence in him as a writer. As I’m not a huge Frankenstein fan I picked up this book at the library thinking it wouldn’t be one of his better works but would probably be okay. I was totally blown away by it! I couldn’t put the book down and stayed up until dawn to finish it.

This book is based on a 60 minute TV pilot that Koontz wrote which was picked up by USA network. However, when USA took the script and reworked much of it, Koontz withdrew from the project instead choosing to put it into book form.

Frankenstein is a remake of the Mary Shelly works, the Frankenstein Monster, called Deucalion, has survived and is living a quiet life in a Tibetan Monastery away from the rest of the world. However, Deucalion learns that his creator Victor Helios, whom he thought was dead, is alive and well, living in New Orleans, and still creating his creatures. So Deucalion comes back to the states and with the help of a police officer, he plans to stop Victor.

The characters are fascinating and it’s interesting to see how each characters story line develops and comes together to meet with another.

Although the ending is abrupt, that’s what you expect from a series. Prodigal Son was so fantastic that I bought a copy of the book as well as the second book City Of Night which I plan to start reading this weekend.

Review Written by Melody Spier of Ballyhoo Virtual Services - Virtual Office Assistant specializing in online business marketing. mel@ballyhoova.com