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
created-and they must be destroyed. Not even Victor Helios-once
Frankenstein-can stop the engineered killers he's set loose on a reign
of terror through modern-day New Orleans. Only the one-time "monster"
Deucalion and his all-too-human partners, Detectives Carson O'Connor 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
Victor's new, improved models have infiltrated every level of the city's
society . . . and far beyond.