They are stronger, heal better, and think faster than any humans ever created- and they must be destroyed. But not even Victor Helios- once Frankenstein- can stop the engineered killers he's 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 O'Connor and Michael Maddison. Deucalion's centuries- old history began to end in the ultimate confrontation between a damned creature and his mad creator. But first Deucalion must destroy a monstrosity not even Victor's malignant mind could have imagined- an indestructible entity that steps out of humankind's collective nightmare with one purpose: to replace us.