Brother Odd

Dean Koontz is one of my all-time favorite authors. He writes stories that have plenty of creepy moments, while at the same time mixing in a laugh-out-loud sense of humor. His books are an easy read, which at times can be a breath of fresh air.

Brother Odd is the third and latest book in the Odd Thomas series. The main character, Odd Thomas, is a young man with a sixth sense. What he lacks in personal ambition, he makes up for with his visions of the lingering dead, whose spirits have yet to move on from this world to the next for whatever reasons. What’s interesting about this, is he can in some ways interact with these spirits, but they can’t talk. Because of these visions, he can sometimes sense when death and violence are just over the horizon. It’s up to him to figure out as best he can what that impending doom is, and find a way to stop it.

In this book, Odd is spending time in a monastery to try and get away from this sixth sense, and hopefully find rest and refuge. The monastery is connected to a school and home for disabled children. After some time has passed, a missing monk who turns up dead reveals a horror which is based in mad scientific experiments. The odd one along with several friends he’s made at the monastery must fight to save the children from this evil presence.

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