Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    Frankenstein: City of Night
    Unavailable
    Frankenstein: City of Night
    Unavailable
    Frankenstein: City of Night
    Audiobook8 hours

    Frankenstein: City of Night

    Written by Ed Gorman and Dean Koontz

    Narrated by John Bedford Lloyd

    4/5

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    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. Here is the mystery, the myth, the terror, and the magic of…

    Dean Koontz's City of the Night

    They are stronger, heal better, and think faster than any humans ever created—and they must be destroyed. But 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. Now the only hope rests in a one-time "monster" and his all-too-human partners, Detectives Carson O'Connor and Michael Maddison. Deucalion's centuries-old history began as Victor's first and failed attempt to build the perfect human-and it is fated to end in the ultimate confrontation between a damned creature and his mad creator. But first Deucalion must destroy a monstrosity not even Victor's malignant mind could have imagined—an indestructible entity that steps out of humankind's collective nightmare with one purpose: to replace us.


    From the Paperback edition.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRandom House Audio
    Release dateJul 26, 2005
    ISBN9780739317150
    Unavailable
    Frankenstein: City of Night
    Author

    Ed Gorman

    Ed Gorman's western fiction has won the Spur Award and his crime fiction has won the Shamus and Anthony Awards and has been shortlisted for the Edgar® Award. In addition, his writing has appeared in Redbook, the New York Times, Ellery Queen Magazine, Poetry Today, and other publications.

    Related to Frankenstein

    Related audiobooks

    Thrillers For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Lives Of The Great Occultists

      Sep 10, 2020

      Personally, I blame that Aleister Crowley. If my memory serves me well (which, these days, it seldom does), Hunt Emerson and I more or less drifted into creating ‘Lives of the Great Occultists’ after I told him a couple of my favourite yarns about th

      7 min read

    • Article

      Lock And Load

      Mar 24, 2022

      Lock And Load
      14 min read

    • Article

      Lock And Load

      Mar 24, 2022

      Lock And Load
      14 min read

    • Article

      Pagan Crazy

      Sep 20, 2019

      Pagan Crazy
      3 min read

    • Article

      Children Of Ruin

      May 22, 2019

      Children Of Ruin
      1 min read

    • Article

      'Blade Runner 2049': Why Some Science Fiction Writers Are Tired of Dystopias

      Oct 6, 2017

      The long-awaited sequel to 1982's 'Blade Runner' seems inspired by present-day concerns. But amid the grim apocalyptic narratives, authors such as Neal Stephenson and Cory Doctorow argue that futuristic fiction should leave room for optimism and visi

      4 min read

    • Article

      Sex Bots And Monsters

      Nov 26, 2019

      Sex Bots And Monsters
      3 min read

    • Article

      Wiki Wild West

      Sep 16, 2021

      Wiki Wild West
      2 min read

    • Article

      Hellbent and Hydebound

      Oct 19, 2022

      Where Stevenson’s contemporaries explored specific tensions within the Victorian psyche, 'Jekyll and Hyde' pinned the split personality of the era to the page. The post Hellbent and Hydebound appeared first on The Millions.

      6 min read

    • Article

      Books Of The Month

      Feb 17, 2023

      Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries By Heather Fawcett Emily Wilde, an expert in the study and classification of faeries, is looking forward to solitary fieldwork in the far north, hoping to discover more about the secretive Hidden Ones. She aims

      2 min read

    • Article

      Grappling With Evil

      Oct 28, 2021

      Grappling With Evil
      6 min read

    • Article

      The Doors Of Eden

      Aug 12, 2020

      The Doors Of Eden
      2 min read

    • Article

      Five Short Stories About the Life and Times of Ideas: A complexity theorist explores how science and culture co-evolve.

      Apr 30, 2015

      In the following five short chapters, David Krakauer, an evolutionary theorist, and president elect of the Santa Fe Institute, haven of complex systems research, examines five facets of chain reactions, each typifying how ideas spread through science

      10 min read

    • Article

      Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

      Nov 4, 2022

      Released 23 NOVEMBER There was a time when being called a “disruptor” was not a nice thing. If you talked too much in class, played your music too loud, or drunkenly tipped over cows while they slept, this was old school disruption of the unequivocal

      4 min read

    • Article

      Wakanda Whenever? Black To The Afro-future

      Feb 28, 2018

      Wakanda forever! No, I'm not talking about Wauconda, the Illinois town whose switchboard recently has lit up with prank calls seeking the home of comic book hero "Black Panther." I'm talking about Wakanda, the fictitious African home of the black sup

      3 min read

    • Article

      Letters

      Aug 11, 2022

      Walter Sickert was a painter of extraordinary artistic prescience and skill and took an interest in the Jack the Ripper killings as well as many other aspects of working-class London. The Ripper killings were a very pertinent working-class issue at t

      8 min read

    Reviews for Frankenstein

    4/5

    463 ratings19 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 3/5
      Book 2 of the Frankenstein series. This one for the first half left me overwhelmed with so many characters jumping around from chapter to chapter. I was almost ready to give up but I'm glad I didn't. It got a lot better towards the end and all the characters came together and made sense. This one was definitely crazier and creepier. (panther spider transformation? ick) At the end, it looks like its definitely going to crazier in the next book, which I look forward to reading.
    • 4/5
      An excellent fast read by one of my favorite authors. Dean Koontz is consistently, reliably and predictably . . . amazing.
    • 3/5
      I don't ordinarily care for Dean Koontz's writings, but I found this series to be a cleaver and engaging retelling of the Frankenstein monster story.
    • 5/5
      A fantastic sequel to book 1
    • 3/5
      Huge buildup for the final showdown. Cruel, dark and gory. Full of psychos, the worst of which is obviously Victor Helios aka Frankenstein. (I had always thought he was a bastard, but these books give the word a great depth and vibrancy)
    • 4/5
      This sophomore effort definitely took the narrative to a higher level. I like how Koontz makes you relate to the monsters and it was a lot of fun to be in the heads of some of them. I'm seeing a pattern of cliffhanger endings which makes me think that this five-book series is just one big story; each one dependent on the next.

      Well, I'm starting the next one now and I can hardly wait...
    • 4/5
      This is book two in the triology. It was very entertaining, but I enjoyed the first book more.
    • 4/5
      much better than the first. better writing, more interesting, looking forward to the next one.
    • 3/5
      Some of the descriptions get a bit tedious... The book seems a little repetitive, repeating things to the reader that were already stated. Some of the characters and their thoughts and actions are just gross. (Some fun tonight.) I am not sure if I will see the series out to read the next one.
    • 5/5
      This book moves along the story which was begun in The Prodigal Son and sets us up for the ultimate battle of good vs. evil. However the actual end of this story is still at least one book away.
    • 5/5
      Another fast read that kept me glued to the book. I cannot wait to see where the third book leads the story.Koontz and Gorman did a great job on this part of the story.
    • 4/5
      A must read after Prodigal Son! The 2nd book in the series flows right from the first, easy to pick up. Provided more indebt character traits that makes the reader feel like they really know the main characters. Fast paced, ending of some story lines but allowing others to continue so the reader is easily enticed to read the 3rd book of the sereis, Dead and Alive.......
    • 5/5
      I love Dean Koontz. As far as I'm concerned, this is a writer who can do no wrong. The only detriment to this story is the beginning when he is recapping the first book. Yes, it may be necessary for those who are reading the series out of sequence, but for some reason it just didn't work for me.But the rest of the book is as compelling as the first and I couldn't put it down. On to the third!
    • 4/5
      It was ok, not one of Koontz best, i love the concept of the series, but they have a been there done that feel to them imo, kinda bored me because of that.
    • 4/5
      This book, (the second in a series of three) picked up right where the first book left off and went electric. Where the first book happened over the course of a few days, this one takes place over the course of a few hours. In that time, it manages to cram in several more characters and advance the story to what we're led to believe will be an epic battle. Carson and Michael are now being stalked by Victor Helios' (Frankenstein) assassins as they become much more aware of the challenge before them. Duecalian is on the hunt for any of the new race who are willing to give him information he needs to confront and destroy his maker (Victor). Randall Six slowly works his way into the O'Connor house in the hopes of finding out why Arnie (an autistic boy like himself) is so happy. Meanwhile, more of the New Race begin to malfunction, a new Erika is brought to life with her own quirks, and there is a return of the Jonathan Harker thing that ran off at the end of the beginning. With all the new characters and the rapid pace, the story feels as if it advances at lightening speed without really getting anywhere at all. Still, Carson and Michael accept their mission and stock up with ammo which results in one of the books funnies scenes. The battle moves forward and the stage is nicely set for the third and final installment. If you enjoyed the first book, I think you'll like this one just as much.
    • 4/5
      With a multitude of new plotlines, this second book increases the number of characters, and rapidly builds upon the story laid out in the first book, Prodigal Son. The book feels like the middle episode in a series (which it is of course) and although it does not deliver high pace and a grand finale, it's certainly well written to keep you turning pages. You'd be hard pressed to predict almost anything in a world which rapidly veers away from the previous book, which was filled from menace, to a scenario which is more chaotic. Cleverly plotted, although not as focused as the first book, this one will keep up the anticipation for the next in the series and leave you with a number of questions you'll be desperate for answers to.
    • 5/5
      Another great book. Going to keep this book cause I am still anxiously awaiting book 3. (so I can check if I don't recall something due to the long wait)
      Love this series.

      First read on Dec.09 2006
      Hope book 3 arrives today
    • 2/5
      This is a forgetable book. Everything seems borrowed either from concepts Dean Koontz has done before repeatedly over and over again or from Brave New World. Please. Spend your time reading another series.
    • 5/5
      This is the second volume in Koontz’s modern day reimagination of Frankenstein and his creation. Victor Frankenstein- now going by the name Victor Helios- is a wealthy scientist who has created an army of lab grown minions in his bid to take over the world and eliminate humankind. Carson O’Conner and Michael Maddison are New Orleans detectives who have become aware of Helios and his plans via Deucalion, the ‘monster’ of Shelley’s novel. In this installment, things are not going well with some of Helio’s creations. Some are going mad. At least one has escaped. Some are developing free will and volition, which Helios had specifically tried to eliminate. He is having special trouble with creating a wife who is perfect and intelligent yet never asks questions. And there is something weird going on at the city dump- weird even by the standards of beings created in a lab for specific jobs, jobs that include burying bodies by the dozens. The book has a frantic pace, with several plotlines running: Carson & Michael; Arnie, Carson’s brother and his caretaker Vicky; the events at the city dump; Helio’s wife and the house servants; to top if off, there is a hurricane brewing. Reading it feels like you’re careening out of control, but Koontz has it all well in hand. The books suffers a bit from being the middle book where no plot lines are tied up, but it leaves the reader eager to get to the third book.