

The elder Hart has previously worked on a big screen iteration of Shelley’s tale, producing Kenneth Branagh’s 1994 adaptation. Get ready for the mystery, the myth, the terror, and the magic of Dean Koontzs Prodigal Son Every city has secrets. For their quarry isnt merely a homicidal maniacbut his deranged maker. Soon it will be clear that as crazy as she sounds, the truth is even more ominous. For the no-nonsense O∬onnor is suddenly talking about an ages-old conspiracy, a near immortal race of beings, and killers that are moreand lessthan human. Her partner Michael Maddison would back her up all the way to Hell itselfand that just may be where this case ends up. Detective Carson O∬onnor is cool, cynical, and every bit as tough as she looks. He arrives as a serial killer stalks the streets, a killer who carefully selects his victims for the humanity that is missing in himself. His name is Deucalion, a tattooed man of mysterious origin, a sleight-of-reality artist whos traveled the centuries with a secret worse than death. Dean, the author of many 1 New York Times bestsellers, lives in Southern California with his wife, Gerda, their golden retriever, Elsa, and the enduring spirit of their goldens, Trixie and Anna. The first book in Koontz’s series, subtitled “Prodigal Son,” was released in 2005 and is officially described as follows:Įvery city has secrets. Hart and Jake Hart adapting a pilot screenplay. Deadline today brings words that Dean Koontz’s Shelley-inspired series of novels are being developed for TNT with the father/son team of James V. With quite a few feature film adaptations of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” already on the way from various studios, it now looks like the small screen is prepping for multiple takes on the modern Prometheus.
