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{{Infobox book 
| name = Dead and Alive
| image = Dean Koontz Dead and Alive cover.jpg
| caption = 
| author = [[Dean Koontz]]
| cover_artist = 
| country = United States
| language = English
| series = [[Dean Koontz's Frankenstein]]
| genre = [[Suspense]], [[Thriller (genre)|thriller]]
| publisher = [[Bantam Books|Bantam Publishing]]
| release_date = 2009
| media_type = Print (paperback)
| pages = 352
| isbn = 0-553-58790-0
| dewey= 813/.54 22
| congress= PS3561.O55 D43 2009
| oclc=
| preceded_by = [[City of Night (Koontz and Gorman novel)|City of Night]]
| followed_by = [[Lost Souls (Dean Koontz novel)|Lost Souls]]
}}

'''''Dead and Alive''''' is the third [[horror novel]] in the first trilogy of ''[[Dean Koontz's Frankenstein]]'' series. Originally intended to be co-authored by Ed Gorman and Dean Koontz, Koontz opted to write this entry alone.

== Plot ==

Deucalion, the legendary monster, is a heroic figure dedicated to battling the evil that gave him life. The megalomaniacal Victor Helios has, by design and accident, unleashed many of his engineered killers on modern-day [[New Orleans]]. Detectives Carson O'Connor and Michael Maddison are Deucalion's all-too-human partners trying to end the reign of terror of Helios's killers. A resistance movement also builds from within Helios' power structure, as many of his vat-made men and women recognize that to fight back against Helios would bring a desired end to tedium, slavery, insanity, self-destructive abuse behaviors or life itself.

== Release information ==
The long-awaited book was released on July 28, 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://frankenstein.deankoontz.com/latest-news/20090413_press_release.php |title=Latest News {{!}} Frankenstein {{!}} Dean Koontz |access-date=9 July 2009 |archive-date=10 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510080901/http://frankenstein.deankoontz.com/latest-news/20090413_press_release.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> Koontz chose to delay the release for several years after [[Hurricane Katrina]] as he did not wish to release any further monsters or destruction on [[New Orleans]].

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.randomhouse.com/bantamdell/koontz/ Dean Koontz's Frankenstein at his official website]

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[[Category:American horror novels]]
[[Category:2009 American novels]]
[[Category:2000s horror novels]]
[[Category:Novels by Dean Koontz]]
[[Category:English-language novels]]
[[Category:Biopunk novels]]
[[Category:Frankenstein novels]]
[[Category:Novels set in New Orleans]]
[[Category:Speculative crime and thriller fiction novels]]

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