The Empire of Corpses

By the 19th century, humanity had developed technology to reanimate the dead. These corpses, stripped of individual thought or emotion, were programmed to serve as laborers in various roles. But this breakthrough had a limitation: science could restore movement to the dead, yet it could not bring back what was lost at death-the soul. Rumors persisted that Doctor Victor Frankenstein, who disappeared after his groundbreaking work, had succeeded in reviving the only corpse with a soul intact. John Watson, a London medical student, is determined to uncover Frankenstein’s secrets. Driven by a promise to his late partner, Friday, he joins a government agency in search of Frankenstein’s notes-documents he believes hold the key to understanding the soul. As he delves deeper, Watson confronts the grim truths behind corpse technology and the personal cost of his pursuit.