Eric von Frankenstein A Modern Day Tale by Javier Ramirez

By Javier Ramirez

Neurosurgeon Carlos Frank is stunned while he gets a letter from his grandfather’s property. He is familiar with not anything approximately his mysterious paternal grandfather, Eric von Frankenstein, other than that he enjoyed castles.

When Eric emigrated from Germany, he arrived in Mexico with out Spanish and little funds. He equipped a lifestyles for himself from the floor up—until he all of sudden deserted his kin to construct a fortress in Snowflakes, Arizona. Carlos’s father was once so enraged by way of Eric’s abandonment that he refused to discuss him together with his son. It hence comes as a whole shock whilst the letter names Carlos as Eric’s inheritor and rightful proprietor of Frank citadel, which the outdated guy equipped after a sequence of peyote-fueled visions.

Carlos; his female friend, Jackie; and their pal Jimmy got down to discover the attractive and enigmatic fort. they're enchanted via the wonders of Frank Castle.

Then Jackie unearths the brains.

She is dumbfounded to find a mystery compartment within the fort that includes twenty human brains floating in jars. within the experience that follows, Carlos and his buddies cross up opposed to a corrupt sheriff, locate extra secrets and techniques buried in Snowflakes, and check out to create lifestyles itself!

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