This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein

When his twin brother falls gravely ill in the family's chateau in eighteenth-century Geneva, sixteen-year-old Victor Frankenstein sets out to create the forbidden Elixir of Life using a mysterious manuscript hidden in the family's secret library. As he delves into alchemy and forbidden experiments, Victor confronts dangerous forces and the moral consequences of tampering with nature. The story charts his dark apprenticeship, foreshadowing the notorious creator he will become, and sets the stage for the series' chilling events.