Good time for a bumping!
I'm reading Dean Koontz's "Frankenstein, Book Two: City of Night". It's not the usual style I'd expect from Koontz. It must his co-writer, Ed Gorman. But the rendition of the 'monster' is amazing. The story takes place in the present. Both the 'monster' and Frankenstein are still alive. But the mad scientist doesn't use the same method to creating new creatures. He uses cloning and genetic engineer. That difference inspires the belief that the 'monsters' birth might have been more supernatural. The lightning bolt might have been sent from on high, endowing the monster with some gifts, possibly a soul. One of those gifts is understanding the 'quantam nature of the universe'. The dude can vanish into thin air, teleport around the world!