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Dean Koontz, Ed Gorman

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Premise labels used: Frankenstein retelling, mad scientist, engineered beings, human replacement, monster vs creator, apocalypse threat, detectives vs conspiracy, reign of terror

Setting labels used: modern-day New Orleans, contemporary setting, urban setting, secret lab setting, dump/landfill setting, monastery setting, Tibet, nighttime setting

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Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, Volume 1: Prodigal Son

Dean Koontz, Kevin J. Anderson · 2009

A modern Frankenstein retelling sends a tattooed immortal and two New Orleans detectives after a killer and his creator.

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Premise labels: Frankenstein retelling · modern update · serial killer investigation · monster versus creator · immortal being · secret experiment · new race · humanity replacement · detective partnership · world domination

Setting labels: present day · New Orleans · Tibetan monastery · modern urban · Louisiana · contemporary setting · global travel · secret laboratories · science fictional reality

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Prodigal Son

Dean Koontz, Kevin J. Anderson · 2005 · Dean Koontz's Frankenstein

In modern New Orleans, a detective team and an immortal monster uncover a Frankenstein-era conspiracy and a serial killer.

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Premise labels: Frankenstein retelling · modern continuation · monster and creator · serial killer investigation · hidden conspiracy · new race · immortal beings · good versus evil · man-made life · creator showdown

Setting labels: New Orleans · modern day · contemporary setting · Tibet · urban setting · monastery · citywide conspiracy · dark city

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Victor LaValle's Destroyer

Victor LaValle · 2018 · Victor LaValle's Destroyer

A Black scientist revives her son after a police killing as Frankenstein’s monster reemerges into a fractured modern America.

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Premise labels: Frankenstein retelling · modern retelling · sequel retelling · family tragedy · revenge quest · grieving parent · mad science · artificial life · resurrection · race commentary

Setting labels: modern-day United States · present day · near future · Arctic · Antarctica · contemporary social reality · science lab

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Monster Hunter International

Larry Correia · 2009 · Monster Hunter International

An accountant is recruited into a secret monster-hunting company after killing his werewolf boss.

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Premise labels: monster hunters · secret monsters · government secrecy · monster eradication · apocalypse threat · private contractor

Setting labels: contemporary setting · alternate earth · hidden supernatural world · secret government knowledge · urban setting

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Stitch: Reimagining Frankenstein

Pádraig Kenny · 2025

A gentle gothic retelling of Frankenstein follows a created boy who leaves his castle home to save his friend and learn what makes a person.

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Premise labels: Frankenstein retelling · created beings · finding place · monster identity · outcast protagonist · escape journey · scientific experimentation · world rejection · search for friend

Setting labels: castle · isolated castle · village · outside world · gothic setting · stormy atmosphere · unnamed secondary-world setting

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Henrietta & Eleanor: A Retelling of Jekyll and Hyde

Libby Spurrier, Robert Louis Stevenson · 2018

A full-cast modern audio retelling follows a female doctor whose experiment splits her dark and light sides in London.

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Premise labels: gender swap · modern retelling · dual nature · split self · good and evil · dark side · secret identity · scientific experiment · hidden monster

Setting labels: modern-day London · contemporary setting · urban setting · British setting

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Distance: 0.2600

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Wolverine: Weapon X

Barry Windsor-Smith · 1994 · Marvel Comics Presents (1988)

A mutant is abducted into a secret experiment that turns him into a weapon through brutal body-horror science.

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Premise labels: origin story · weaponization · human experimentation · secret program · kidnapping · dehumanization · body horror · scientific horror

Setting labels: laboratory · research complex · military facility · underground facility · claustrophobic setting · dark setting · science fiction setting · modern setting

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The Change

Teyla Branton · 2016 · Unbounded

After a deadly accident, Erin discovers a hidden immortal gene and is dragged into a war for her life and loyalty.

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Premise labels: immortal gene · hidden supernaturals · faction war · chosen by rivals · forced allegiance · secret society · family in danger · superhuman abilities

Setting labels: urban setting · contemporary setting · secret world · hidden society · near-present day · supernatural reality

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Bengal's Quest

Lora Leigh · 2015 · Breeds

A hidden Bengal Breed returns to claim the mate he left behind, while vengeance, secrets, and old wounds collide.

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Premise labels: genetic engineering · mate bond · vengeance quest · secret identity · tortured experiment subject · fated mates · revenge romance

Setting labels: lab setting · experimental facility · sanctuary · desert setting · Native American setting · urban fantasy world · contemporary setting

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The Revenant's Heart

Skyla Gray · 2024 · Monster Research Facility

A med-school dropout turned facility doctor falls for her undead patient, then gets pulled into his revenge and escape plan.

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Premise labels: doctor patient · monster patient · undead romance · Frankenstein retelling · medical experiment · revenge plot · hostage escape · forbidden attraction · hurt comfort · research facility

Setting labels: research facility · secret facility · isolated facility · medical setting · undead world · monster containment · laboratory · post-dropout life · contemporary setting

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Junk

Les Bohem · 2019

A disgraced ex-cop is pulled into a conspiracy of alien DNA, secret elites, and a world-changing takeover.

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Premise labels: alien takeover · hidden DNA · genetic mutation · secret conspiracy · epidemic outbreak · end times · resistance movement

Setting labels: present-day Los Angeles · modern day · apocalyptic aftermath · contemporary Earth

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Them

Mique Watson · 2023

A woman trapped at home during a sudden invasion of human-like mimics fights to survive as society collapses around her.

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Premise labels: home invasion · survival horror · doppelganger horror · mimic invasion · apocalyptic outbreak · emergency broadcast · body snatchers · unknown threat

Setting labels: modern home · rainy night · societal collapse · apocalyptic setting · domestic space · contemporary setting

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Distance: 0.2687

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