When I finished the third Frankenstein novel, Dead and Alive, I foresaw that it was the end of the series. Franken isn't nearly funny enough to hold high office. Back in 1980, I predicted that by now John Belushi would be president, but I don't count this one a complete miss, because Al Franken is a United States Senator, which I admit surprises me considering that Mr.

I also predicted that by now we would be flying everywhere with personal jet packs, and carrying clever autofloss machines to strip the bugs out of our teeth in thirty seconds flat after landing.

I thought we would be enjoying genetically engineered house pets like cadogs (half cat, half dog, all affection), miniature eaglebbits (flying rabbits), dry chihuahuas (little dogs that never need to pee), crocodobers (highly effective home guard dogs), and spongerbils (sponge gerbils that not only can be cuddled but will mop your floors and wring one another out in a bucket of water). In the 1980s, I believed that by 2010, we would all be traveling regularly to no-sales-tax shopping malls on the moon and zipping over to Mars for a Frappuccino. When it comes to predicting the future, I am Nostradamus's idiot great nephew. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. It may be too late, even if Deucalion can bring him down. 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.įrankenstein is unleashing a new menace on the world, whether or not he can control it. 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. He has found an enigmatic backer and is working in a secret location. 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. Now he learns that a new Frankenstein clone, Victor Helios, is out there again, somewhere. In a powerful reworking of one of the classic stories of all time, Dr Frankenstein lives on, seemingly indestructible, more malignant than ever.įrankenstein's first monster, Deucalion, has spent two hundred years trying to put an end to his creator. The Frankenstein story updated to the 21st century by the great American storyteller Dean Koontz.

Lost souls by dean koontz