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In 1816, Elizabeth's life had been carefully planned for her. A home, a family, a life that she was trained to fill... and had never questioned if she wanted, until the future she expected was stolen from her.
In the present day, Heqet “Heck” Saville's hopes and dreams have been destroyed, the life she was fighting for gone in an instant. Amid the devastation of her plans, she's determined to follow her lover to his new teaching post in Alaska. In order to do so, she succeeds in taking passage on a cruise ship bound for Juneau.
During the voyage, Heck is intrigued by an enigmatic ship employee: a beautiful woman with yellowed skin and dark glasses. The mysterious figure proves to be Elizabeth Lavenza Frankenstein, wife of Victor, and she’s ready to tell someone what happened after her murder...
Drawn together across time, Elizabeth Frankenstein and Heck Saville's parallel, intersecting stories encompass murder, loss, trauma and ultimately empowerment, in this stunning feminist riff on the story of Frankenstein.
Praise for
The Other Frankenstein:
“It’s rare to find a wholly new and enthralling take on a classic. Olson’s reconstruction brings an intriguing and valuable perspective to the tale.”
–Adrian Tchaikovsky,
author of Children of Time
“Heartfelt, raw and atmospheric, this is Frankenstein made afresh, made real for right now. Enormously recommended.”
–Paul Cornell,
author of Witches of Lychford
“ Extensively researched and inventively extrapolated, it draws parallels and shows mirroring between an indestructible body and an all-too fragile one. A fascinating read that I finished in one afternoon, though it lingers in the memory. Highly recommended.”
– Tade Thompson,
author of Rosewater
About Melissa
Melissa F. Olson is a writer and film professor. Her work includes the comic ARCHAIC, the feminist horror novel The Other Frankenstein, and more than 20 urban fantasy novels and novellas, including the Scarlett Bernard series and the Boundary Magic novels. Her journalism and academic work has been published in The International Journal of Comic Art, the compilation Images of the Modern Vampire, Tor.com, and the Everyone's Gone to the Movies series.
Melissa has been a writing teacher, English professor, and TEDx presenter, but she now divides her time between writing and conventions, where she speaks about issues related to genre, feminism, writing, and parenting. Read more about her work and life at MelissaFOlson.com.
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