Adam Crane was born in the shadows of the slums, a place where poverty and despair filled the streets, where hope rarely dared to venture. His entry into this world came with a tragedy: his mother, frail and worn by hardship, died giving birth to him. He never knew if she had loved him, never knew if she had wanted him at all. And he had no idea who his father was.
For the first five years of his life, Adam survived alone, a child in a cruel world. Then, everything changed the day he was discovered by Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but unique scientist. Victor took Adam in, becoming not only his mentor but the father figure he'd never known. Over the years, Victor raised Adam, teaching him everything he knew: the mechanisms of the human body, the profound mysteries of the natural world, and secrets that bordered on the forbidden. It was Victor who gave him his name and his very identity—Adam Crane.
