Variety is reporting that 1019 Entertainment has acquired the film rights to Dean Koontz's series of Frankenstein thrillers. The first novel in the series, Prodigal Son, was published in 2005 and co-written with Kevin Anderson (though Anderson's name disappeared from the covers of later editions, such as that shown to the right). Subsequent titles in the series are City of Night (2005 with Ed Gorman), Dead and Alive (2009), and Lost Souls (to be published this year). Koontz's reimagining of the Mary Shelly classic is set in modern day New Orleans.
A graphic novel based on the first book in the series was published last year.
About Prodigal Son (from the publisher): Every city has secrets. But none as terrible as this. His name is Deucalion, a tattooed man of mysterious origin, a sleight-of-reality artist who’s traveled the centuries with a secret worse than death. He arrives as a serial killer stalks the streets, a killer who carefully selects his victims for the humanity that is missing in himself. Detective Carson O’Connor is cool, cynical, and every bit as tough as she looks. Her partner Michael Maddison would back her up all the way to Hell itself—and that just may be where this case ends up. For the no-nonsense O’Connor is suddenly talking about an ages-old conspiracy, a near immortal race of beings, and killers that are more—and less—than human. Soon it will be clear that as crazy as she sounds, the truth is even more ominous. For their quarry isn’t merely a homicidal maniac—but his deranged maker.
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