Carson O’Connor is a homicide detective with the New Orleans Police Department. She and her partner Michael Maddison catch a case that leads them into Victor Helios’s world of engineered creatures designed to pass as human. What starts as a straightforward murder investigation turns into something far stranger.
Carson is tough, practical, and not inclined to believe in the impossible until the evidence forces her hand. When Deucalion approaches her with claims about Victor Frankenstein still being alive and building a replacement race for humanity, she treats it the way any good detective would — with skepticism. The evidence changes her mind.
Through the five books, Carson and Michael become Deucalion’s primary human allies. Carson brings police resources and investigative skills to a fight that also requires Deucalion’s strength and knowledge of Victor’s methods. Her partnership with Maddison develops beyond the professional over the course of the series, adding a personal dimension to the larger conflict.
Reading Order
See the complete Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein reading order for all books in the series.