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'A modern Swift … a master satirist.' Entertainment Weekly
'If Stephen King is the Rolling Stones of novels, Koontz is the Beatles.' Playboy
'Dean Koontz writes page-turners, middle-of-the-night sneak-up-behind-you suspense thrillers. He touches our hearts and tingles our spines.' Washington Post Book World
'Tumbling, hallucinogenic prose. Serious writers might do well to study his technique.' New York Times Book Review
'Koontz is writing right where popular culture swells into something larger, just as it did for Homer, Shakespeare, and Dickens. He's got the gift.' Australian
'Koontz is a superb plotter and wordsmith. He chronicles the hopes and fears of our time in broad strokes and fine detail, using popular fiction to explore the human condition.' USA Today
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SOMEONE NEW IS PLAYING GOD
The 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 or not he can control it. It may be too late, even if Deucalion can bring him down.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
"There is no light in my revelation. It's a dark tide in my blood--dark, cold, thick, and insistent, telling me he's alive."
No one could expect Victor Frankenstein/Helios to stay quietly dead and give up his plans to replace humanity with his "perfect" new race. So you can guess what happens in "Frankenstein: Lost Souls," a slow but solid thriller which Dean Koontz picks up the plot threads left hanging by his first trilogy.
For the past two years, Deucalion has been living at a monastery... until he senses that somehow Victor Helios is alive. Meanwhile, in the small Montana town of Rainbow Falls, cold-hearted replicants are replacing all the people, except for a handful who manage to escape notice. One of the townspeople just happens to be Erika 5, who catches a glimpse of a very familiar face -- Victor Helios.
So Deucalion tracks down his onetime allies Carson and Michael, now happily married with a baby daughter -- and with a tip from Erika, they set out for Rainbow Falls to stop Helios once and for all. However, this is not the Victor they defeated and killed in New Orleans, but something far more terrifying in every way...
"Frankenstein: Lost Souls" is apparently the first book of a new trilogy, so unsurprisingly it feels like the first third of a very, very long novel. It takes most of the book for Koontz to tie together all the plot threads and get everybody going, so the pace is kind of sluggish up until the last quarter. I kept wishing Deucalion, Carson and Michael would JUST GET MOVING.
However, he does an excellent job mingling mystery, bloody horror, science fiction and a hint of religious symbolism, and Koontz's prose is soaked with sinister moments (oh, the little nails in the brains!). He builds up the suspense steadily as the replicants take over Rainbow Falls, until they finally clash with the good guys -- but there are some funny moments as well, usually from Jocko.
Koontz also takes time to explore how his characters have changed. The mighty, melancholy Deucalion seems to be more at peace with himself now, while Michael and Carson have settled into pleasant domesticity (and start babbling like idiots whenever they talk about their baby). He goes a bit overboard with the overprotective parent shtick (baking soda?), but it's very touching to see how now they not only fight for the world, but for their daughter's future.
It takes quite some time for "Frankenstein: Lost Souls" to kick into gear, but Dean Koontz's fourth Frankenstein novel is a nicely suspenseful start to a new trilogy. Just hang on through the slow parts.
No one could expect Victor Frankenstein/Helios to stay quietly dead and give up his plans to replace humanity with his "perfect" new race. So you can guess what happens in "Frankenstein: Lost Souls," a slow but solid thriller which Dean Koontz picks up the plot threads left hanging by his first trilogy.
For the past two years, Deucalion has been living at a monastery... until he senses that somehow Victor Helios is alive. Meanwhile, in the small Montana town of Rainbow Falls, cold-hearted replicants are replacing all the people, except for a handful who manage to escape notice. One of the townspeople just happens to be Erika 5, who catches a glimpse of a very familiar face -- Victor Helios.
So Deucalion tracks down his onetime allies Carson and Michael, now happily married with a baby daughter -- and with a tip from Erika, they set out for Rainbow Falls to stop Helios once and for all. However, this is not the Victor they defeated and killed in New Orleans, but something far more terrifying in every way...
"Frankenstein: Lost Souls" is apparently the first book of a new trilogy, so unsurprisingly it feels like the first third of a very, very long novel. It takes most of the book for Koontz to tie together all the plot threads and get everybody going, so the pace is kind of sluggish up until the last quarter. I kept wishing Deucalion, Carson and Michael would JUST GET MOVING.
However, he does an excellent job mingling mystery, bloody horror, science fiction and a hint of religious symbolism, and Koontz's prose is soaked with sinister moments (oh, the little nails in the brains!). He builds up the suspense steadily as the replicants take over Rainbow Falls, until they finally clash with the good guys -- but there are some funny moments as well, usually from Jocko.
Koontz also takes time to explore how his characters have changed. The mighty, melancholy Deucalion seems to be more at peace with himself now, while Michael and Carson have settled into pleasant domesticity (and start babbling like idiots whenever they talk about their baby). He goes a bit overboard with the overprotective parent shtick (baking soda?), but it's very touching to see how now they not only fight for the world, but for their daughter's future.
It takes quite some time for "Frankenstein: Lost Souls" to kick into gear, but Dean Koontz's fourth Frankenstein novel is a nicely suspenseful start to a new trilogy. Just hang on through the slow parts.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I hadnt expected this sequel but I bought it hoping it was going to tie up many of the loose ends in the rather disappointing last Frankenstein release 'Dead & Alive'. Silly me - this is an even worse rip-off! It ends in the middle of (what was, to be honest, a reasonably exciting story) the tale with the denoument promised at some point next year! I am annoyed.
But, guess what - even though I'm suffering from a very mild attack of Koontz-rage, I'll probably buy that next instalment!
Mrs Miffed of Reading
But, guess what - even though I'm suffering from a very mild attack of Koontz-rage, I'll probably buy that next instalment!
Mrs Miffed of Reading
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Don't you just hate it when, after several hundred pages, you find that the story will be continued next year!
This is a good introduction (or possibly re-introduction) to the Frankenstein mythos. I thought that the last book (as then) was the weakest of the series, but still pretty good. This one is better but has lots of loose ends which are a bit frustrating (see comment above)so it looks like I'll have to keep it around to remind myself what's been happening.
The best bit about this book is .................. (to be continued next year!)
This is a good introduction (or possibly re-introduction) to the Frankenstein mythos. I thought that the last book (as then) was the weakest of the series, but still pretty good. This one is better but has lots of loose ends which are a bit frustrating (see comment above)so it looks like I'll have to keep it around to remind myself what's been happening.
The best bit about this book is .................. (to be continued next year!)
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Meaningless twaddle
This was definitely a case of 'I've started and I WILL finish even if it drives me mad' The first book was almost reasonable but rapidly became annoying and childish. Read more
Published 26 days ago by Alan Vickers
Dean Koontz Frankenstein Series
Dean Koontz Frankenstein series of books are brilliant. An old story with a modern setting. All the characters are very believable and you can get lost in the books. Read more
Published 4 months ago by cazcov
Dean Koontz Frankenstein book 3, 4 and 5
read book one and 2 before i realised there were more so searched amazon and found the last three glad i did really good read would recommend. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Brian
Lost Souls
Have only started this book but it continues in the same vain as the previous three. If you haven't read them yet you don't need to read them but it helps with the continuity in... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Darren - Co. Armagh
A bit annoyed!
I have enjoyed this series, but book 4 is only setting the scene for the next book! I want more of Deucalion monster bashing and dimension crossing!
Published 9 months ago by Happy Mother
frankenstein
Yet another fantastic book from Dean Koontz, not as thrilling as the first two in this series but still a need to read book. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mr. Mike Brierley
Glad I don't have to wait a year for the next episode
I stumbled over this by accident, and having enjoyed the first three books thought this would bring an end to the story once and for all. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Sean
Is Dean Koontz selling half books now??
I picked this up with some trepidition as I was totaly unimpressed with his previous book in the Frankenstein series and nearly did'nt bother when the first page informed me that... Read more
Published 10 months ago by P. S. Rose
A little disappointing
Having read the previous 3 books whilst on holiday recently, I returned to read number 4. Suffering from post-holiday blues, I was hoping that Lost Souls would be as good as the... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Cassi D
Thoroughly KOONTZ
Wonderful book! I found this the best of the 4! It is gripping, warm, funny, and makes you HATE the baddies and LOVE the goodies hahaha! Read more
Published 12 months ago by MrsMonroe
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