Hyde by Daniel Levine

Hyde by Daniel Levine

A New York Times Editors' Choice * One of the Washington Post's 5 Best Thrillers of the Year

"As dark and twisted and alluring as the night-cloaked streets of nineteenth-century London, and this book is as much a fascinating psychological query as it is a gripping narrative." --Benjamin Percy, author of Red Moon

"A masterpiece of hallucination; [Levine's] narrator is feverish, righteous, intense . . . . The shockers may be born of this century, but this chilling new version is a remarkably good fit with the original horror classic." -- Miami Herald

In this brilliant reimagining of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, told from the monster's perspective, Hyde makes a hero of a villain.

Summoned to life by strange potions, Hyde knows not when or how long he will have control of "the body." When dormant, he watches Dr. Jekyll from a remove, conscious of this other, high-class life but without influence. As the experiment continues, their mutual existence is threatened, not only by the uncertainties of untested science, but also by a mysterious stalker. Hyde is being taunted--possibly framed. Girls have gone missing; someone has been killed. Who stands watching in the shadows? In the blur of this shared consciousness, can Hyde ever be confident these crimes were not committed by his hand?

DANIEL LEVINE studied English Literature and Creative Writing at Brown University and received his MFA in Fiction Writing from the University of Florida. He has taught composition and creative writing at high schools and universities, including the University of Florida, Montclair State University, and Metropolitan State College of Denver. Originally from New Jersey, he now lives in Colorado.