| Dead and Alive | |
| Author: | Dean Koontz |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Dean Koontz's Frankenstein |
| Genre: | Suspense, thriller |
| Publisher: | Bantam Publishing |
| Release Date: | 2009 |
| Media Type: | Print (paperback) |
| Pages: | 352 |
| Isbn: | 0-553-58790-0 |
| Dewey: | 813/.54 22 |
| Congress: | PS3561.O55 D43 2009 |
| Preceded By: | City of Night |
| Followed By: | Lost Souls |
Dead and Alive is the third horror novel in the first trilogy of Dean Koontz's Frankenstein series. Originally intended to be co-authored by Ed Gorman and Dean Koontz, Koontz opted to write this entry alone.
Deucalion, the legendary monster, is a heroic figure dedicated to battling the evil that gave him life. The megalomaniacal Victor Helios has, by design and accident, unleashed many of his engineered killers on modern-day New Orleans. Detectives Carson O'Connor and Michael Maddison are Deucalion's all-too-human partners trying to end the reign of terror of Helios's killers. A resistance movement also builds from within Helios' power structure, as many of his vat-made men and women recognize that to fight back against Helios would bring a desired end to tedium, slavery, insanity, self-destructive abuse behaviors or life itself.
The long-awaited book was released on July 28, 2009.[1] Koontz chose to delay the release for several years after Hurricane Katrina as he did not wish to release any further monsters or destruction on New Orleans.