Frankenstein belongs in a dark room, late at night. And Frankenstein may have many fans all over the world, but there is still something forbidden about it, something outside the main of respectable culture.) Even though I was coming to the picture as part of a second, or perhaps third, generation of fans, even though I had already read about the Monster and seen his image refracted in everything from Mad magazine to The Munsters, it still seemed fresh – and thanks to the peculiar intimacy of late-night television, that first experience was also deeply personal.

(Can a movie that was an enormous box-office success and a permanent fixture in popular culture be called a cult film? I believe so, especially if we emphasise the religious overtones contained in the word ‘cult’. In this explosive debut novel, ranging from the offices of Wall Street to the casinos of Vegas to the back roads of the Chinese countryside, Drew Chapman introduces readers to a new kind of action hero: one uniquely skilled to fight a new kind of war.I first saw Frankenstein almost forty years after it had been made, and by then it was firmly entrenched as a cult classic. And everyone else? They just want him dead. They need someone to lead a crack squad of rogue soldiers to act as the last line of defense in a war that could mean the end of everything America holds dear.

military wants him for his extraordinary abilities. Treasury bonds are being sold off at a terrifying rate, his gift makes him the most wanted man alive. But when he notices that two hundred billion dollars’ worth of U.S. His gift has made him a rising star on Wall Street. our very way of life are in the crosshairs of a ruthless enemy. Hidden deep within the figures tracking the ups and downs of the stock market lies a terrifying truth: America is under attack. Box, New York Times bestselling author of Breaking Point and The Highway). The Ascendant is a rollicking, globe-hopping, timely, and prescient page-turner-a twenty-first century thriller” (C.J. “Like his intriguing protagonist Garrett Reilly, author Drew Chapman possesses startling skills and this first novel just blows the doors off.

Frankenstein by Robert Horton