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Buy Brother Odd (Odd Thomas Novels) by Dean Koontz available and for sale on Brightsurf
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by Dean Koontz
| | List Price: | $27.00 | | Price: | $17.82 | | You Save: | $9.18 (34%) |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 12618 | | Studio: | Bantam | | | Binding: | Hardcover | | Number Of Pages: | 384 | | Publication Date: | November 28, 2006 | | Publisher: | Bantam |
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Product Description
Loop me in, odd one. The words, spoken in the deep of night by a sleeping child, chill
the young man watching over her. For this was a favorite phrase of Stormy Llewellyn,
his lost love, and Stormy is dead, gone forever from this world. In the haunted halls of
the isolated monastery where he had sought peace, Odd Thomas is stalking spirits of an infinitely darker nature
Through two New York Times bestselling novels Odd Thomas has established himself as one of the most beloved and unique fictional heroes of our time. Now, wielding all the power and magic of a master storyteller at the pinnacle of his craft, Dean Koontz follows Odd into a singular new world where he hopes to make a fresh beginning—but where he will meet an adversary as old and inexorable as time itself.
St. Bartholomew’s Abbey sits in majestic solitude amid the wild peaks of California’s high Sierra, a haven for children otherwise abandoned, and a sanctuary for those seeking insight. Odd Thomas has come here to learn to live fully again, and among the eccentric monks, their other guests, and the nuns and young students of the attached convent school, he has begun to find his way. The silent spirits of the dead who visited him in his earlier life are mercifully absent, save for the bell-ringing Brother Constantine and Odd’s steady companion, the King of Rock 'n' Roll.
But trouble has a way of finding Odd Thomas, and it slinks back onto his path in the form of the sinister bodachs he has met previously, the black shades who herald death and disaster, and who come late one December night to hover above the abbey’s most precious charges. For Odd is about to face an enemy who eclipses any he has yet encountered, as he embarks on a journey of mystery, wonder, and sheer suspense that surpasses all that has come before.
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 211 reviews)
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Brother Odd 
This is the kind of book you find difficult to find a descriptive rating high enough to enter. We listen to audio books to and from our workplace and this book certainly motivated an early departure both ways. It is well written, exciting and the reader had you anticipating each expression. More, please, more of these........
July 22, 2008 | |
Brother Odd 
B-Think these CD's are defective. Just the last or second to last paragraph of each chapter was defective.
July 19, 2008 | |
Odd at with the Habit 
Maui H.S. This was the most interesting story to me of all the Odd Thomas books I've read to date. I liked the monasterial setting. I loved the challenged kids. The mother superior and sisters were fantastic characters. The mad Russian at the end was the epitome of characters. The interaction and humor of Odd Thomas with these characters was well done. Best of all, Odd Thomas didn't have to kill anyone. The character meant to kill did. I also liked the introduction of Boo and Frank Sinatra. ..."
July 18, 2008 | |
WOW!! WAY better than the last one....
It took me a while to pick this one up. I was SO disappointed in the Odd Hours book,, what a slow, dragged on, horrible waste of paper that one was.. What was DEAN thinking when he wrote that schlock?? When Brother Odd came out, I was too scared to buy it, I checked it out at the library and it sat on my nightstand for 2-3 weeks.. each night I would reach for it, and I would feel regurgitated bile slowly creeping up in my throat. I had been SO badly burned, I was so afraid that I would be turned off by Dean Koontz forever if this one turned out as badly. One night, a week before it was due, I decided, for better or worse, I would at least read a few chapters. If it was a vile as the last one, I could take it back and no harm done, no money spent, and I could check out the latest Stephenie Meyers to help get the aweful taste out of my mouth.. Sort of like drinking drano to get the taste of rotten milk out of your mouth.
Anyway, I was ever so carefully, slowly and timidly delving into the first chapter and lord of lords, I fell back into the glory that IS Dean Koontz!.. I was once again on a runaway train, up and down, holding my breath, wiggling my toes and getting a numb butt and sore elbow from holding my position so long, being so absorbed, I forget to move.
The way he describes the weather, the abbey/monastary ,the belltower.. the children. Holy Cow.. Stormy is back... sort of.. The book was far too short, ended far too soon, and Dean is redeemed.
I am SO happy that Brother Odd turned out so much better. I bought a copy, for when I want to revisit.. BUT, The next book on Oddie, I am checking out..I don't know if Dean was forced by a deadline to poop out on Odd Hours, but I could tell his creative juices were flowing once again with Brother Odd.. I am concerned that the next one could go either way.. Lord I hope Dean is back on the train...
How about another story on Einstein? Maybe some of his pups??
July 13, 2008 | |
Koontz is back on track
Koontz introduced the loveable and intriguing character of Odd Thomas in his first book. The follow up book "Forever Odd" seemed to step away from what was so well liked about "Odd Thomas." I was relieved to see that Koontz brought the character back to life in "Brother Odd." I can't wait to read the next book in the series.
June 25, 2008 | |
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