Her partner Michael Maddison would back her up all the way to Hell itself-and that just may be where this case ends up.

Detective Carson O’Connor is cool, cynical, and every bit as tough as she looks. He arrives in New Orleans as a serial killer stalks the streets, a killer who carefully selects his victims for the humanity that is missing in himself. His name is Deucalion (previously known as Frankenstein’s monster), a tattooed man of mysterious origin, a sleight-of-reality artist who’s traveled the centuries with a secret worse than death. This is a powerful reworking of one of the classic stories of all time– Mary Shelley’s classic gothic novel. I usually don’t say things like ‘they rock,’ but it’s inescapable: ‘they rock.’”ĭean Koontz’s Frankenstein: Prodigal Son is the first book in Koontz’s proposed trilogy of novels set in modern day New Orleans. “Says Dean Koontz: “I’m delighted that Frankenstein will come to life in comic book form, and that the project is being guided by such capable hands as those of the Dabel Brothers. Koontz is an amazing writer with some incredible ideas, and we’re thrilled to have a chance to bring his Frankenstein story into the comic book medium.” “We love surprises,” laughed Ernst Dabel, President of Dabel Brothers Productions, “and we’re certain that many people will be absolutely stunned to hear that we’re working with such a well-known author as Dean Koontz. Today Les and Ernst Dabel announced that their next wave of comic book adaptations of popular novels will include one of the bestselling novels of the decade: an adaptation of Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein Book 1: Prodigal Son! Hamilton’s Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter, which immediately became one of the bestselling graphic novels of 2007 within one month from publication. They upped the ante when they joined forces with Marvel Comics to produce Laurell K. They stunned the comic book world in 2003 with their graphic adaptation of George R. If the Dabel Brothers can be accused of anything in life, it’s in thinking big. With over five million copies sold worldwide of the first two novels in Koontz’s proposed Frankenstein trilogy, the graphic adaptation produced by the Dabel Brothers of “Frankenstein Book 1” is destined to be a Number 1 bestseller in the graphic novel and comic book categories as well. Dabel Brothers Adapt FRANKENSTEIN BOOK ONE: PRODIGAL SON

Prodigal son by dean koontz