Dead and Alive: Dean Koontz's Frankenstein Book 3 by Dean R Koontz

Another great book, the third in Koontz's Frankenstein series rewriting Shelley's modern myth with hope and horror in equal measure. A return to familiar Koontz themes of what it means to be human, the creation of new races, the temptations and dangers of intelligence and love, oh, and the intelligence of canine friends. Unlike Odd Hours I didn't think any of it felt a little stale, there is a deep humanity in Frankenstein's monster Deucalion and many of Shelley's themes and fears are raised here in the same way she wrote about them, most of all about the fact that creation is monstrous if it is not the wonder of pregnany and birth through the female line.