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    Frankenstein: Dead and Alive
    Frankenstein: Dead and Alive
    Frankenstein: Dead and Alive
    Audiobook7 hours

    Frankenstein: Dead and Alive

    Written by Dean Koontz

    Narrated by Christopher Lane

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    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. Now the mesmerizing saga concludes. . . .

    As a devastating hurricane approaches, as the benighted creations of Victor Helios begin to spin out of control, as New Orleans descends into chaos and the future of humanity hangs in the balance, the only hope rests with Victor’s first, failed attempt to build the perfect human. Deucalion’s centuries-old history began as the original manifestation of a soulless vision—and it is fated to end in the ultimate confrontation between a damned creature and his mad creator. But first they must face a monstrosity not even Victor’s malignant mind could have conceived–an indestructible entity that steps out of humankind’s collective nightmare with powers, and a purpose, beyond imagining.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateJan 2, 2018
    ISBN9781543674378
    Frankenstein: Dead and Alive
    Author

    Dean Koontz

    Dean Koontz is the author of more than a dozen New York Times No. 1 bestsellers. His books have sold over 450 million copies worldwide, and his work is published in 38 languages. He was born and raised in Pennsylvania and lives with his wife Gerda and their dog Anna in southern California.

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    • 5/5
      Excellent story read beautifully by a truly talented performer! Highly recommended.
    • 5/5
      Excellent series superbly written. I will listen to this again. A Must read.
    • 5/5
      Really enjoyed this series! The narrator did an amazing job!! The banter between the detectives was extremely entertaining and a good story to boot. Highly recommended!
    • 5/5
      Thoroughly enjoyed the first three books in this series, made even better by the narration of Christopher Lane!
    • 4/5
      3rd book in the series and much much better than the 2nd one. This time the mutant New Race gets even crazier as well as some new villians both to Victor and Deucalion. Loved Jocko and I'm glad he'll be back in the 4th book. All in all a great read and I couldn't stop reading it because I had to know how it would end! Eek a clone!!
    • 2/5
      Modern day, New Orleans... two men emerge with new identities -- but old habits are hard to break. Once again, the doctor has begun his sinister experiments of creating life. Two detectives, Carson O'Connor and Michael Maddison, are investigating a serial killer and are thrust into the middle of an enigma that began over two hundred years prior. This case may well be the end of humanity as we know it.

      The two detectives, however, receive aid from the most unlikely of sources -- a heavily tattooed man named, Deucalion. The killer is targeting those who have the human traits he lacks...and this is a pattern Deucalion has seen before. Deucalion, was Dr Frankenstein's first attempt at creating the perfect human. Now, a breed of super humans roam the streets of New Orleans. These killers are stronger, faster, smarter, and able to regenerate themselves -- and Victor Helios is no longer able to control them.

      This series is just not Dean Koontz. It lacks all the imagination of any of his previous novels. Actually it's worse than the first two in this series. I didn't like those so why I read this one is any one's guess.

      Sorry Dean. 2 stars. Just go back to writing what you are so good at.
    • 1/5
      What a tremendous disappointment!

      I've become more and more disillusioned with Dean Koontz's work. He often starts with an intriguing idea and then fails in the execution.

      I moderately enjoyed the first two books in the series. Frankenstein's monster lives, develops a conscience, and is out to save the world. What's not to like?

      This book builds up a huge expectation for a grand finale. And utterly, completely FLOPS. No big finish. No heroes. No satisfying integration of a bunch of tank grown monsters into human society. A weird and totally unnecessary and unbelievable supernatural garbage monster that telepathically fixes stuff.

      AND no big ending.

      Overall rating for the series? PHHHHFFFFTTTTTT!
    • 3/5
      The third installment of the author’s 21st century Frankenstein series. As with most series there is always the book that is “the set up” book for the next one. This book was “the next one”. The characters grew in this book, the action moved along at a very satisfying clip and the bad guy got his just rewards … sort of? I thought this was the last of the series, but apparently there is at least one more coming. Looking forward to it.
    • 3/5
      I felt the characters finally acquired greater depth by the third book and some of the philosophical ramblings of the author resonated more effectively.
    • 1/5
      I really enjoyed the first two books in this trilogy, but this long-awaited conclusion was a real let-down. It had characters who accomplished nothing, and... it just did not live up to the promise of the first two books. It read as though Dean Koontz just wanted to get it written and over with so he could fulfil his contractual obligations.
    • 4/5
      In this book, the story lines that were created in books 1 & 2 come together and conclude. The beings that Helios/Frankenstein created are having programming breakdown faster and faster with every new batch; the latest Erika (his wife), Erika Five, starts misbehaving after only a few hours, and has made friends with a mysterious dwarf who appears in the backyard. The head maid now thinks she’s the mistress of Manderlay. The minions who run the county dump – where bodies are disposed of by Helios- are thinking for themselves. Something is happening the dump. And people who are supposed to be dead may actually be alive- for a while, anyway. Sadly, despite all these things happening, the breakneck pace generated in the second book is not sustained in this one. Sequences that should have been crisp and rapid dragged. Not all of them, mind you, but enough that I felt the book was a little longer than it needed to be. Still a good book with weird events, but not quite as good as it could have been.
    • 4/5
      Not as good as the first book but better than the second, in my opinion. I liked the setting of the dump but found the ending a little rushed.
    • 5/5
      Totally Friggin Awesome!! This, being book number 3 in the series, I started less than month ago, I already assumed it would be as good as the other 2 and I was right. I felt for the longest time that Dean Koontz's Odd Thomas character was my all time favorite but I am almost torn and think this Deucalion could be a favorite as well. Now all Koontz needs to do is make a cross over or "What If" title that stares both characters together and I would be insanely excited to read that book. I highly recommend this title to anyone that enjoyed the old Frankenstein tale.
    • 2/5
      Read from November 13 to 14, 2011, read count: 2We had to wait 3 years for this book. 3 years longer than anticipated. I even re-read the first 2 books because I knew this book was finally on its way to me but I feel a bit how do you say it. fooled? disappointed?First of all it is only 400 pages. You expect a big fat book cause the first 2 books were at least 550 pages and there were so many little stories in those which I expected to get closure in book 3 so that was the first surprise.Then while reading I just felt a bit cheated. Still do not understand why the wait? because of Katrina? I think he could have written this book in a few days. It has an open end which means he might write more about Frankenstein.I am not a happy camper that's for sure. Update November 2011. I now discovered he has written 2 more books. Bought them and can finally finish the series. So maybe i was a bit too harsh cause i thought this was the last book.Read twice: First from August 15/17 in 2009
    • 4/5
      This 3rd book is still fast paced but does not seem to have the same feel as the first two. Maybe because the first two were collaborations. With that said it was not quite as good as the first two but was enough to keep me going thru it and was still a fast read.Since I have all five books I don't have to wait between books like the Koontz fans did who started reading them as they were published and maybe that makes it better because I don't have the wait between the next installment.This one did leave one question that didn't seem to fit and I'm hoping it is answered in the next book.For those that have read the series it's the question of why Erica Five was spared.That is all the spoilers I'm putting in the review.
    • 3/5
      There are quite a bit of plot-holes, especially at the end
    • 4/5
      Once again Koontz leaves us wanting more, but only after finishing the entire read. Slow at first, and not all story lines were written with as much detail as the first two books, leaving some story lines with blunt endings. Seemed the book was a bit rushed when written, when compared to book 1 and 2. However, would definately recommend reading the compelte "trilogy" set...as we wait for book 4 due out in just a few days!
    • 4/5
      Still not one of Koontz best works, but i liked this one a lot more than the second entry in the series, it was exciting from start to finish and never let up. And now there is a 4th one coming out which is exciting, hopefully he keeps it up!
    • 4/5
      Frankenstein wasn't immediately one of my favorite series by Dean Koontz. I enjoyed Odd Thomas from the start, but as I finished City of Night and wanted to read the conclusion in Dead and Alive, I finally settled in and enjoyed where Dean Koontz was getting at with Frankenstein.Dean Koontz's Frankenstein isn't your usual Mary Shelley's tortured genius and tormented monster. Duecalion, Carson, Madison, Victor, and Erika are a re-imagining of what Frankenstein was, his vision, his created people, what it means to be human vs. created materialism with a dash of spirituality and mysticism thrown in.I think Dead and Alive ends the initial trilogy well. Life for Duecalion goes on (with a nod to Odd Thomas in the final paragraph). Carson and Madison begin a new life together. With the rebirth of Victor, the series is set up for Frankenstein: Lost Souls this year.Overall, taken as a trilogy, Frankenstein is a good read by Dean Koontz. It has its moments, it witty banter, its cliched dialogue and heroes, but it redeems itself and rewards the reader for enjoying it as a whole. I'd recommend Frankenstein to my wife, my family & friends, and for fans of Dean Koontz.
    • 3/5
      Meh, this one didn't quite do it for me. The banter between the characters is really the best part, in my opinion.
    • 3/5
      Considering this was the conclusion of the trilogy, I found it lacked any real excitement. Things sort of got figured out, but without any real flare. I found myself dissappointed.
    • 3/5
      This one didn't flow nearly as well as the first two. I felt there was too much back and forth between scenes, without as much development of the characters or the plot. He set the scenes very nicely, but I didn't find the action engaging. Everyone seemed to be wandering. This, by no means, will discourage me from reading Koontz in the future, but it did seem to be a very long wait for a novel that fell well short of what I've come to expect from him.
    • 1/5
      This is the worst Dean Koontz book ever and is actually number one on my 'hated it' list! I was so disappointed when I finished this book that I was actually mad. I know Koontz said he was frustrated with the collaboration process. However, he was two thirds of the way through and he should have finished it, if not out of respect for the characters, then out of respect for his readers. This was just something he threw together to say that he finished the trilogy. The first two were so intense and captivating that I couldn't wait for more. The audio versions were excellent. This last book was like a beginner's work and wasn't really worth the time I took to read it. The characters lost their personalities, the dialog was lame, there was no real plot, no action and not one surprise. There was no climax and no real ending to the story. Lame, lame, lame!
    • 5/5
      I loved all 3 of the books in this series. I enjoy most of Koontz's books, but this series is different from his other writing, in my opinion. This series has me interested in reading the original Frankenstein book by Mary Shelley, which I have never read. I liked Jocko, who sounded gross, but added comic relief to this story. I don't know what else I can say without ruining the plot of the story for the next reader, other than the fact that I enjoyed it!
    • 4/5
      The conclusion to the Frankenstein series is a strangely assembled piece, drawing to a close a series which contained enough content for several more volumes. It follows directly from the second book, with the central characters pitted against each other in a war which will save or destroy humanity. Koontz continues to draw on his favourite fields as he ploughs through an eclectic mix of scenarios. There will be no surprise that an oddly intelligent dog turns up, however there are new developments in the final chapter that certainly are a surprise. The odd little troll is a bit of a misfire, the evil chameleon definitely a well created and welcome addition. It seems that these characters are shoe-horned in amidst the conclusion of the original story. This is definitely unfortunate since there was room for expansion with some of the story threads and the conclusion is a little weak, although most strands are drawn to conclusion. It's a quick and enjoyable romp, however as a series it could have offered so much more.
    • 2/5
      As an end to Koontz's Frankenstein trilogy, this was a let-down. It felt rushed and lacked the substance of the first and second books. The story was dragged out of the course of 300 pages yet the resolution was hasty, patchy and incredibly boring. The first two books were building up an impending epic battle between the old and new race yet the actual end was overly simplistic, required no action what-so-ever and was brought about because of a change that we (the readers) knew little to nothing about. No explanation offered. No background on the thing that ended up bringing the whole ordeal to an end. And worst of all? We were given little of Deucaleon. Carson and Michael were also given little attention. They were such interesting characters in books 1 and 2, but in the 3rd they were reduced to gibbering jokey people who had one shoot-out with a new race couple and spent the rest of their time making wise-cracks about their situation. Ultimate let-down. The only saving grace is that there was enough left open to continue the story should Koontz want to redeem himself.