England, 1875. A century after Victor Frankenstein's doomed experiment, his journals have traded hands for decades.

Over the course of 100 years, Frankenstein's diary has been stolen at knife-point, traded in back alleys, and chased by a shadowy cabal who would see it destroyed. Now, it's in the hands of Millicent Browning a gifted scientist, as she searches obsessively for a cure for her husband's degenerative illness.—Jim Griffin