This Dark Endeavor
by:
Kenneth Oppel (author)
Included in this edition of This Dark Endeavor, enjoy a free edition of Mary Shelley's classic Frankenstein. The purest intentions can stir up the darkest obsessions. In this prequel to Mary Shelley’s gothic classic, Frankenstein, 16-year-old Victor Frankenstein begins a dark journey that will...
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Included in this edition of This Dark Endeavor, enjoy a free edition of Mary Shelley's classic Frankenstein. The purest intentions can stir up the darkest obsessions. In this prequel to Mary Shelley’s gothic classic, Frankenstein, 16-year-old Victor Frankenstein begins a dark journey that will change his life forever. Victor’s twin, Konrad, has fallen ill, and no doctor is able to cure him. Unwilling give up on his brother, Victor, his beautiful cousin Elizabeth, and best friend Henry begin a treacherous search for the ingredients to create the forbidden Elixir of Life. Impossible odds, dangerous alchemy, and a bitter love triangle threaten their quest at every turn. Victor knows he must not fail. But his success depends on how far he is willing to push the boundaries of nature, science and, love -- and how much he is willing to sacrifice.
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B004DNWPZS
Publish date: August 23rd 2011
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 385
Edition language: English
Series: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein (#1)
A YA prequel to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (which kind of feels weird in itself), This Dark Endeavour imagines a young Victor Frankenstein whose twin, Konrad (not in the original), falls dangerously ill with a mysterious blood disease (leukemia, maybe?). Victor, desperate to save him, embarks on a ...
This is in essence a prequel to Mary Shelley's [b:Frankenstein|18490|Frankenstein|Mary Shelley|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1311647465s/18490.jpg|4836639] and as such is Victor Frankenstein's first attempts at alchemy in an effort to save his twin brother Konrad's life. Victor's best friend Henry a...
I think Mary Shelley would be very proud. Thrills and chills galore! Full review to come.
3.5 starsI read Scarlett as a teen and I decided it had put me off this prequel/sequel written by someone else business for life. (Really, can you blame me? That book is the worst.) Then they went and made Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story and I could have rage-cried from the whole ’have we...
I don't include audiobooks on my challenge stats, but I will do an audiobook review on this one sometime soon.Long story short: loved this. Great foreshadowing in the beginning which made me nervous from the get-go. To me, it lagged a little in the middle, but then ... wow. The author really went to...