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I see dead people. But then, by God, I do something about it. Odd Thomas never asked for his special ability. He’s just an ordinary guy trying to live a quiet life in the small desert town of Pico Mundo. Yet he feels an obligation to do right by his otherworldly confidants, and that’s why he’s won hearts on both sides of the divide between life and death. But when a childhood friend disappears, Odd discovers something worse than a dead body and embarks on a heart-stopping battle of will and wits with an enemy of exceptional cunning. In the hours to come there can be no innocent bystanders, and every sacrifice can tip the balance between despair and hope.
You’re invited on an unforgettable journey through a world of terror and transcendence to wonders beyond imagining. And you can have no better guide than Odd Thomas.
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Starred Review. Besides having an unusual moniker, 21-year-old Odd Thomas (whom readers first met in Koontz's 2003 novel of the same name) has some very unusual powers, chief among them his ability to see the dead. He can see, feel and talk to them, too (though they don't talk back: "Perhaps they know things about death that the living are not permitted to learn from them"). These days Odd is still hosting the ghost of a morose Elvis Presley, still grieving for his dead girlfriend, Stormy, and still worrying about his very fat friend P. Oswald Boone, whose cat, Terrible Chester, likes to pee on his shoes. Late one night, Odd is summoned by the ghost of Dr. Wilbur Jessup to the Jessup home, the site of a gruesome murder. Dr. Jessup is the father of Odd's best friend, Danny, who is afflicted with osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as brittle bones. Odd finds Dr. Jessup's body, but Danny is missing. Since Odd has what he describes as "psychic magnetism," he can follow an invisible mental trail, which in this case leads him to his endangered friend. After he finds Danny in a spooky, burned-out Indian casino, it is Odd who becomes the quarry. The beautiful and stunningly evil Datura, aided by two frightening minions, wants to use Odd for his supernatural abilities—and then kill him. Odd's strange gifts, coupled with his intelligence and self-effacing humor, make him one of the most quietly authoritative characters in recent popular fiction. (Nov. 29)
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Grieving the loss of his fiancee, killed during the climax of his eponymous debut despite anything he and his supernatural intuition could do, Odd Thomas returns in a more suspenseful but less piquant adventure. Only a year older (21), he feels almost ancient and more rueful than ever about his gift for seeing ghosts, Dr. Wilbur Jessup's in particular. The loving stepfather of Odd's brittle-boned friend Danny was alive yesterday, so Odd investigates, as the "psychic magnetism" that attends his ghost-seeing compels him to, and finds the physician brutally murdered and Danny missing. Odd tracks Danny and his abductors to an abandoned casino-hotel, closed by an earthquake that killed dozens five years ago. It's a trap. Danny is bait to draw Odd to Datura, a spookily self-absorbed, wealthy porn entrepreneur and New Age nut, who, obsessed with violent death, wants Odd to make ghosts visible to her. He can't, but there are eight ghosts in the casino, one of whom comes in handy when Odd escapes Datura and her two gorillas, rescues and hides Danny, and engages in the protracted, lethal game of cat-and-mouse that makes the novel good-to-the-last-page enthralling. Quite apart from Odd's moroseness (understandable given his circumstances and endearing youthfulness), the tale's stranglehold suspense allows for less of the offbeat humor that lightened Odd Thomas (2003). Datura is a creation that allows Koontz some sledgehammer polemicizing against alternative religion and spirituality, which additionally darkens things. Not to complain, though. This is only slightly less than top-drawer Koontz. Ray Olson
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By D. DeCraene
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I love generally enjoy Dean Koontz's writing, but this didn't seem to be of the same calibre as his normal offerings. I found this installment of Odd's story dark and actually a little boring. Don't get me wrong, I eagerly anticipate reading the next sequel, but this one doesn't get much of a nod from me.
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By Jojos
Format:Hardcover
I'm trying to figure out how to put it. I like suspense. I like on the edge book. I started being on the hedge about 3 quarters of the book. The suspense before that is mostly in the head of the character. It's not real. It's his imagination playing tricks. It's well witten. I like the story and the end. But, finally, it's not my kind of reading.
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By Paul Keller
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I loved Odd Thomas and this sequel outdoes that. Koontz is on his A game with this novel, a wonderfully told thriller that will have you turning its pages until the very end. I also recommend Odd Thomas and Speak No Evil and Dead Scare by David Demello, three other great reads to enjoy.
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Good ol' Odd
I have to confess I love the character of Odd. His humour and his personality have grown on me. He's a hopeless do gooder. Read more
Published on Jun 14 2011 by J Roche
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Second Odd Thomas Book
Although not as good as the debut(Odd Thomas),this is a neat book.
It doesn't hurt that Dean Koontz is one of favorite authors.
It doesn't hurt that Dean Koontz is one of favorite authors.
Published on Jan 8 2011 by Alex Verkade
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Forever Odd
I had gotten this book because I had lost the one I had, but having ordered from Amazon before, I knew I would get it quite fast. Read more
Published on Oct 8 2009 by Nicole Green
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Though Odd he may be he's still ok in my book
Another excerpt from the weird life of Odd Thomas, Fry cook extraordinaire. Koontz's style of befriending the characters to the reader and totally involving us emotionally in the... Read more
Published on Jun 12 2007 by Ron Boyd
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Good reading
In Forever Odd Koontz continues with the same character from his previous book Odd Thomas. The main character, Odd, possesses a gift that many of us dream of -- he can see dead... Read more
Published on Dec 28 2006 by David
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Not as unique as the first "Odd"........however...
Up to the usual Kootnz standards. Excellent read, hard to put down, and full of rich detail. The prevailing Kootnz story....good against evil. Read more
Published on Nov 15 2006 by R. Osborne
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In Forever Odd, one of Dean Koontz's most endearing characters returns to face new perils, following the trail of a kidnapped friend and dicing with death in a derelict gambling... Read more
Published on Sep 3 2006 by A. J. Cull
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Forever Odd by Dean Koontz
Publishers Weekly calls Dean Koontz a master storyteller, and in my view, they're right on target. I've read him for over 30 years and was hooked with "Whispers", absolutely one of... Read more
Published on Aug 15 2006 by Christy Tillery French
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