Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1984 in Books
• Published on: 2007-07-02
• Binding: Paperback
• 448 pages

The Times
The master of our darkest dreams

Synopsis
The third Odd Thomas novel from Dean Koontz, following 'Odd Thomas' and 'Forever Odd'. Odd Thomas is looking for peace. But in the silence and snow of the mountains, danger and desperation haunt him still ! Odd, a charismatic young man with a sense for the otherworldly and the downright strange, is in self-imposed exile. The tragic events that took the love of his life have led Odd from his sun-bleached desert home of Pico Mundo to a monastery in the High Sierra. It's December and the remote abbey is besieged by icy winds and snow. As ever where Odd Thomas goes strangeness goes too. A white dog named Boo befriends him -- as does the ghost of Elvis. And a world-famous physicist is conducting experiments in the catacombs of the abbey. Could this be why Odd can once again see bodachs, shadowy harbingers of violence? They prowl the halls, suggesting terror to come. But what form will it take? And how will Odd defeat an enemy that eclipses any he has met before?

From the Back Cover
Odd Thomas is looking for peace. But in the silence and snow of
the mountains, danger and desperation haunt him still ...

Odd, a charismatic young man with a sense for the otherworldly, is in
self-imposed exile. The tragic events that took the love of his life have
led Odd from his sun-bleached desert home to a remote monastery in the icy
High Sierra.

As ever, where Odd Thomas goes strangeness goes too. A white dog named Boo
befriends him - as does the ghost of Elvis. And a world-famous physicist is
conducting experiments in the catacombs of the abbey. Could this be why Odd
can once again see bodachs, shadowy harbingers of violence? They prowl the
halls, suggesting terror to come.

But what form will it take? And how will Odd defeat an enemy that eclipses
any he has met before?

Customer Reviews

Superb
Another excellent Odd series addition, enjoyed this one, as it took the ever adventurous Odd to a new locale, with a rather interesting enemy. A good read indeed. :)

Curious
My last delve into the books of Dean Koontz was 'The Husband'so when two guests at the holiday hotel said ¨Brother Odd'was total rubbish, I just had to read it. I haven't read the earlier books in the series - more's the pity- but this one captured my imagination from the off.

If I was expecting a typical crime novel (I was!), after a couple of pages, the humour of the dialogue caught me and I read on, realising, of course, that I was into a new dimension.

Within 24 hours of holiday reading, I'd finished the book and then, disappointingly realised there were these two earlier stories. I just don't like going backwards so I don't know if I'll read them but, I'm darned glad I read this one.

Title pretty much gives it away
Odd indeed--the entire series from Koontz. If you're new to this author, he's written a series of books dealing with this character, ODD THOMAS. The first book was simply "Odd Thomas," followed by "Forever Odd."

Now, this one, "Brother Odd," is a faster paced book than the first two, and those pretty well flew. The first two were simply fantastic in my opinion, though I did read them a while ago. It's no wonder Koontz stays on the bestseller lists with his accessible but literary works, and ODD THOMAS is the perfect book, touching the heart and making you laugh at the same time.

The setting of this latest Koontz page-turner is a snowbound monestary, reminding me a little of "The Shining" though the edge and material given the situation is handled with more sophistication and elegance. Yet at the same time Koontz gives us a gritty piece of fiction, not shying away from situations that might be ruined the hands of other authors.

As usual, there's a parade of other "Odd" characters in this books, and while it fits into the series well, it can still be read by itself without the background of the first two books. I liked this book almost as much as two others I recently came across, "The Charming Man" and "Barring Some Unforeseen Accident," both of which were EXTREMELY entertaining, the first being more romance oriented and the second being a sort of mystery.

For those who haven't read any Koontz, feel free to dive right in--you don't have to read these books in a series and they're all entertaining. Cheers!