Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus

Mary Shelley's immortal classic is reborn for the 21st century. A masterpiece of gothic horror reimagined as a chilling, contemporary thriller set against the backdrop of Silicon Valley's relentless ambition. What if the monster was made in a lab — not with lightning, but with code? In the heart of the tech world, brilliant and reckless wunderkind Victor Frankenstein founds Prometheus Biotics with a single, god-like goal: to conquer death. Using a dangerous cocktail of genetic engineering, synthetic biology, and a revolutionary artificial intelligence, he succeeds in creating the first fully sentient, artificial human. But the creature that awakens is not the perfect specimen of his dreams. It is a grotesque, uncanny being, and in a moment of horror, Victor abandons it to the world. Alone in a hyper-connected society, the creature learns about humanity not from books, but from the infinite, often toxic, scroll of the internet and the curated perfection of social media. It is a digital ghost in the machine — a being with no online footprint, no verifiable identity, and a growing rage against the creator who cast it aside. Inside this reimagining, you will find: A modern Victor Frankenstein — a Silicon Valley entrepreneur whose ambition to "disrupt" death leads to monstrous consequences A creature for the digital age — learning language from online forums, identity from social media, and vengeance from a world that will never accept it Timeless themes made urgent — bioethics, artificial consciousness, corporate responsibility, and the cost of unchecked innovation A gripping framing narrative — told through a journalist's blog posts and encrypted audio logs recovered from a drone in the Arctic Annotated endnotes — exploring the key modernizations and their connections to Shelley's original vision This is not a retelling. It is a rebirth. A deep, unsettling look at the ethics of Big Tech, the nature of consciousness in the era of AI, trial by social media, and the profound isolation of the digital age. Every chapter honors the soul of Shelley's original while standing powerfully on its own as a modern thriller. Discover a Frankenstein for our time.