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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... read more

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  • Carson O'Connor: Homicide detective for NOPD.
  • Michael Maddison: Carson's partner.
  • Victor Helios: Is Dr. Victor Frankenstein.
  • Randal Six: One of many of Victor's experiments, like his 5 predecessors had been created as an autistic with an obsessive-compulsive tendency.
  • Arnie O'Connor: Detective Carson O'Connor's autistic brother.
  • Cindi Lovewell: One of Victor's skilled assassins.
  • Werner: Security Chief at the Hands of Mercy who has a snot problem.
  • Deucalion: Victor's first made up of flesh of numerous criminals stolen from a prison graveyard.
  • Vicky Chou: Caregiver to Carson's brother Arnie.
  • Erika: Victor's created new wife, the Erika in "City of Night" is Erika 5.
  • Benny Lovewell: One of Victor's skilled assassins.
  • Aubrey Picou: Retired from a life of crime.
  • Lulana St. John: Aubrey's maid who doubles as a spiritual guide to her employer.
  • Christine: The head housekeeper at Victor's mansion.
  • Kenny Laffite: Add a description of this character.
  • Nicholas Frigg: The manager of the Crosswoods Waste Management facility, a garbage dump.
  • William: The butler at Victor's mansion.
  • Evangeline Antoine: Lulana's older sister who is Aubrey's cook.
  • Jonathan Harker: One of Victor's in NOPD homicide, that "gave birth." The media named him the Surgeon.
  • Ripley: One of Victor's who received a deep education in Old Race & New Race physiology.
  • Patrick Duchaine
  • Bucky Guitreau: One of Victor's that replaced the current district attorney of New Orleans.
  • Lester: An Epsilon who's a member of the janitorial team at Mr. Helios's facility.
  • Francine
  • Jack Roger: A medical examiner.
  • Annunciata: Victor's 3-D digital personality computerized secretary at the Hands of Mercy.
  • Winona Harmony: Jack's secretary.
  • Liane: Vicky Chou's sister.
  • Dooley Snopes: One of Victor's who's a sneak with a lot of technical knowledge.
  • Luke: Jack's young assistant.
  • Esther
  • Godot
  • Margaret: The household chef at Victor's mansion.
  • Jelly Biggs: Now smaller and merely fat, he was once in the carnival as the fattest man in the world.
  • Gunny Alecto: A garbage-galleon driver that looks like a movie star.
  • Moses Bienvenu: Aubrey's driver and handyman, & is Lulana's and Evangeline's brother.
  • Jolie: The third-floor maid at Victor's mansion.
  • Ella Fitzgerald: Not the celebrity. She owns and operates a restaurant and bar.
  • Meshach Bienvenu: Lulana's, Evangeline's, & Moses's brother.
  • Elizabeth: Victor's first wife, who was murdered by Deucalion.
  • Nebo: An elderly monk at Rombuk Monastery.
  • Aunt Leelee: Vicky's & Liane's aunt.
  • Hobb: One of the New Race that works under Nick at Crosswoods.
  • Azazel: One of the New Race that works under Nick at Crosswoods.
  • Janet Guitreau: One of Victor's, who is a replicant for Bucky's wife.
  • Edward: A porter at Victor's mansion.
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First Sentence edit see section history

Having come to life in a thunderstorm, touched by some strange lightning that animated rather than incinerated, Deucalion had been born on a night of violence.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Chapter 1...
...Chapter 80

Glossary edit see section history

  • veve: Is a design that represents the figure and power of an astral force.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 2 of 5 in Dean Koontz's Frankenstein. (standard series)

Preceded by Prodigal Son, and followed by Dead and Alive.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Dean Koontz (Author)
  2. Ed Gorman (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Bantam Publishing
Country: USA
Publication Date: 26 July 2005
ISBN: 0-553-58789-7
Page Count: 496

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Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Young Adults

Language, Sexual Situations, Supernatural Violence, Drug Use

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More Books Like This edit see section history

   
  • Dead and Alive
  • Lost Souls
  • Frankenstein Publisher: Barnes & Noble Classics

Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • Prodigal Son
  • Frankenstein Publisher: Barnes & Noble Classics

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