Frankenstein: The Dead Town

By: Dean Koontz

Narrated by: Christopher Lane

Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins

Publisher's summary

The war against humanity is raging. As the small town of Rainbow Falls, Montana, comes under siege, scattered survivors band together to weather the onslaught of the creatures set loose upon the world. As they ready for battle against overwhelming odds, they will learn the full scope of Victor Frankenstein’s nihilistic plan to remake the future - and the terrifying reach of his shadowy, powerful supporters. Now the good will make their last, best stand. In a climax that will shatter every expectation, their destinies and the fate of humanity hang in the balance.

©2011 Dean Koontz (P)2011 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Koontz is a master of the edge-of-your-seat, paranoid thriller and perhaps the leading American practitioner of the form.” ( The Star-Ledger)

“Koontz writes first-rate suspense, scary and stylish.” ( Los Angeles Times)

“A rarity among bestselling writers, Koontz continues to pursue new ways of telling stories, never content with repeating himself. He writes of hope and love in the midst of evil in profoundly inspiring and moving ways.” ( Chicago Sun-Times)

great listen

enjoyed listening to this book. the characters are good and it kept me on the edge of my day the whole time.

Bittersweet Ending

Great book, but I found Deucalion's fate to be bittersweet. It wasn't entirely unexpected, however, given the nature of his creation and what his purpose was. Even so, he was one of my favorites and I was hoping for a different ending for him, despite how this one probably fits best.

Cramed Full

I am sad to see this series end. This book was the best of what was a great series, but you do not want to start here. Don't worry, all the books are great.

I am constantly amazed at what Koontz can cram into one book. Most authors would be happy to write a book about one of these things. Here is a short list of ideas and people mentioned in this book; Alien Invasion, Johnny Depp, nano animals,cocoons, Robert A. Heinlein, Orson Wells, H.G. Wells, War of the Worlds, Black Holes, The Big Bang, Jules Verne, Stephen Hunter, angels, Armageddon, lots of guns, hive people, clones, replicas, Village of the Damned, Prophesy, tongue with an eye, ear with teeth, Louis L' Amour, telaportation, pulp fiction hero, cyber cowboy and Mary Shelly.

With all that, the characters make the story. My favorite was Jocko, who started life as a tumor. He likes to pirouette. Then there is the smart mouth Hobo, who says he is so smart that every two months they have to open his skull and take out some brain so new brain can grow. He says if you make him mad he will cut you open and rearrange your insides to the point that you will have to piss out your left ear. He has a million of these and he is teamed up with a Forrest Gump like character who serves as his straight man. There are plenty more, those were just my favorite two.

There is also wisdom in the book, such as the story of the spider and the fly, which I really liked. On change Koontz says that some people can't tell the difference between constructive and deconstructive change.

There is lost more that I just don't have room for here.

The Narrator is excellent, excellent, excellent. I have no doubt that he made the book even better then it was written, which was excellent.

The series

One of my favorite series. Fantastic. I'm a huge fan of Jacko. I wish there was a book just about him. Lol

the performance of this book was excellent

loved the performance. it really made the story and characters come alive. sad the story is now over.

Loved this series!!!funny/creepy

It’s been awhile since I’ve been hooked on a sci-fi series but this had me at book one. The hilarious bantering conversations, detailed description of the monsters and each character pulls you in. BEST book series without doubt

book 5 of 5 the final book

it is a good ending to the series. to anyone looking for a good read. you will be in for a real treat.

Great Finale

My only issue is the accents. Not having visited Montana I have no clue what their accents are like but I’m pretty sure they don’t sound like they’re from the South. Not all did, but some. Being a Texan I have no room to talk about accents!

Jocko was about my favorite character.

Picture the late Bruce Dern as Mr Lyss and Forest Gump as Nummy.

Great story, told well. Great series in fact. It’ll be difficult to find another to equal it.

Love Dean K!

What a great series! Enjoyed the storyline and loved the characters! Performance great. Overall? Would listen to it again.

Readers dream

I’m not a writer and it’s not easy for me to put things into written words. But I’ll try.

This books series grabbed my attention from the beginning to the end. I loved it. The narrator made it come to life in my mind. I thought because my eyes were failing I couldn’t enjoy books anymore, but gladly I was wrong. Thank you.