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Book Review of City of Night (Frankenstein, Bk 2)

City of Night (Frankenstein, Bk 2)
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DEAN KOONTZS CITY OF NIGHT

They are stronger, heal better, and think faster than any humans ever createdand they must be destroyed. But not even Victor Heliosonce Frankensteincan stop the engineered killers hes 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 OConnor and Michael Maddison. Deucalions centuries-old history began as Victors first and failed attempt to build the perfect humanand 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 Victors malignant mind could have imaginedan indestructible entity that steps out of humankinds collective nightmare with one purpose: to replace us.