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<b><i>In this riveting historical horror novel,</i> Frankenstein <i>is vividly reimagined in the Wild West. With equal parts Cormac McCarthy, Mary Shelley, and Stephen Graham Jones, Rountree deftly navigates the terrible aftermath of love and death.</i></b><br> <br> "What begins as <i>The Searchers</i> meets <i>Frankenstein</i> ends as <i>Unforgiven</i> meets <i>The Magicians</i>. A dark, brooding meditation on both what we'll do for love, and the callous indifference of the hardened souls of the early West."<br> --C. Robert Cargill, co-screenwriter of <i>The Black Phone</i><br> <br> Catherine Coldbridge is a complicated woman: A doctor, an occultist, and, briefly, a widow.<br> <br> In 1879, Private Frank Humble, Catherine's husband, was killed in a Sioux attack. Consumed by grief, she used her formidable skills to resurrect him. But Frank lost his soul after the reanimation, and disappeared after a killing spree. Unable to face her failure and its murderous consequences, Catherine fled to grieve.<br> <br> Twenty-five years later, Catherine has decided she must make things right. She travels back to Texas with a pair of hired killers ready to destroy Frank. But Frank has remade himself as the Unkillable Frank Lightning, traveling with the Wild West Show.<br> <br> Reaching for a last chance at redemption, Frank and Catherine are at an impasse. As time runs out, their final choices may result in considerable bloodshed.