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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 legend you know only half the truth The mystery the myth the terror and the magic continue They are stronger heal better and think faster than any humans ever createdndashand they must be destroyed Not even Victor Heliosndashonce Frankensteinndashcan stop the engineered killers hersquos set loose on a reign of terror through modern-day New Orleans Only the one-time ldquomonsterrdquo Deucalion and his all-too-human partners Detectives Carson OrsquoConnor and Michael Maddison stand in their way But as the three race to uncover the true dimensions of an age-old conspiracy they will discover that Victorrsquos new improved models have infiltrated every level of the cityrsquos society and far beyond.