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This Dark Endeavor: the apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein
by Kenneth Oppel

This dark and dramatic gothic tale is set in eighteenth century Geneva Republic. The young Victor Frankenstein, 16 years old, attempts to create the forbidden Elixir of Life that was described in an ancient text found in his family's secret Biblioteka Obscura.

For fans of The Monstrumologist : William James Henry by Richard Yancy or Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.