Mordenheim by Chet Williamson

A brooding Gothic tale about a brilliant but haunted physician whose obsessive quest to conquer death leads him to assemble life from corpses and forbidden science; his creation, once animated, becomes both mirror and monster, forcing a collision between creator and creation that unleashes grief, vengeance, and moral ruin across a cursed landscape. The novel explores the corrosive nature of obsession, the limits of scientific hubris, and the tragic consequences when love and grief are twisted into a pursuit of unnatural resurrection.