After he is rescued by an enormous man named Frankenstein, Jamie Carpenter isbrought to Department Nineteen, where he is pulled into a secret organizationresponsible for policing the supernatural, founded more than a century ago bysurvivors of Dracula. nJamie Carpenters father is dead, his mother is missing, and he was just rescued by an enormous creature named Frankenstein. Now Jamie is pulled into a secret organization responsible for policing the supernatural, founded more than a century ago by Abraham Van Helsing. . . . Department Nineteen takes us through history, across Europe, and beyond - from the cobbled streets of Victorian London to prohibition-era New York, from the icy wastes of Arctic Russia to the treacherous mountains of Transylvania. Part modern thriller, part classic horror, its packed with mystery, mayhem, and a level of suspense that makes a Darren Shan novel look like a romantic comedy.