Victor LaValle's Destroyer (1)
Victor LaValle's Destroyer (1)
Price
$12.19
Format
Paperback
Pages
160
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Publication Date
Illustrated edition (March 6, 2018
ISBN-13
978-1684150557
Dimensions
6.63 x 0.5 x 10.19 inches
Weight
15.8 ounces
Description
About the Author Victor LaValle is the author of a short-story collection, Slapboxing with Jesus, four novels, The Ecstatic, Big Machine, The Devil in Silver & The Changeling, and two novellas, Lucretia and the Kroons and The Ballad of Black Tom.
Features & Highlights
- The legacy of Frankenstein’s monster collides with the sociopolitical tensions of the present-day United States.
- Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein beseeched his creator for love and companionship, but in 2017, the monster has long discarded any notions of peace or inclusion. He has become the Destroyer, his only goal to eliminate the scourge of humanity from the planet. In this goal, he initially finds a willing partner in Dr. Baker, a descendant of the Frankenstein family who has lost her teenage son after an encounter with the police. While two scientists, Percy and Byron, initially believe they’re brought to protect Dr. Baker from the monster, they soon realize they may have to protect the world from the monster
- and
- Dr. Baker’s wrath. Written by lauded novelist Victor LaValle (
- The Devil In Silver, The Ballad of Black Tom
- ),
- Destroyer
- is a harrowing tale exploring the legacies of love, loss, and vengeance placed firmly in the tense atmosphere and current events of the modern-day United States.
