Candace G. (Ogre) reviewed on 1/17/2010 + 1568 more book reviews

The blurb tells you most of it, but it doesn't tell you that when you read this book you will laugh, and you will cry...and you might just look differently at some of those marginal people who hang around the fringes of acceptable society.

From back cover: 'The dead don't talk. I don't know why.' But they do try to communicate with a short-order cook in a small desert town serving as their reluctant confidant. Meet Odd Thomas, the unassuming young hero of Dean Koontz's dazzling New York Times bestseller, a gallant sentinel at the corssroads of life and death who offers up his heart in these pages and will forever capture yours. . . . ODD THOMAS
Somteimes the silent souls who seek Odd out want justice. Occasionally their otherworldly tip[s help him prevent a crime. But this time it's different. A stranger comes to Pico Mundo, accompanied by a horde of hyena-like shades who herald an imminent catastrophe. Aided by his soul mate, Stormy Llewellyn and an unlikely community of allies that includes the King of Rock 'n' Roll, Odd will race against time to thwart the gathering evil. His account of these shattering hours, in which past and present, fate and destiny, convergr, is a testament by which to live--an unforgettable fable for our time destined to rank among Dean Koontz's most enduring works.

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