Book Review: Frankenstein: City of Night by Dean Koontz

Frankenstein: City of Night, is the second book in a trilogy. It is basically the continuation of a reworking of the Mad Doctor Gone Wrong story but it has been twisted to fit in our day in age. Dean Koontz does a fine job in creating a world where we find this old story continuing and reemerging in the twenty first century. In it we still find the old characters Dr. Victor Frankenstein, the original monster that he built, all while still including Mary Shelley... who originally wrote this horrific tale.

In the first book, "Frankenstein: Prodigal Son Book One" Frankenstein's monster is alive and well. In our modern day we find him as he is now called Deucalion (which is the name of Prometheus' mythical son). At the start of the story we find him living in Tibet, where he gets word that his maker (Dr. Frankenstein) is not dead as he believed but up and running.. very much alive. So the journey begins as he heads to New Orleans were his maker is. To realize, what he believes to be his destiny, which is to bring an end to the evil which is this Mad Doc.. his maker.

In the second book, "Frankenstein: City of Night" we are taken even deeper in the world of Victor Frankenstein and the new breed of humans that he was created. These new being are more like monsters for they lack the traits of regular human being. They are cold in heart and lacking compassion and the ability to have pity. In body as well as mind they are different made, created to serve a monster greater than them. Void of free will, they are prisoners in a world of endless worship of their Maker.

As the saga continues, Dean Koontz gives us another major doze of all the great things we received in the first book. It is filled with sharp narration, imaginative situations, and a thrilling suspense filled adventure. Filled with greater urgency.. the book digs deeper into Victor Helios' (Frankenstein) determination of gaining world domination. With that, we still find Deucalion and the two homicide detectives striving to stop this horrendous and catastrophic event.