Brother Odd
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 Cover of the first edition of Brother Odd |
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| Author | Dean Koontz |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Odd Thomas series |
| Genre(s) | Suspense novel, Psychological novel |
| Publisher | Bantam Publishing |
| Released | 28 November 2006 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 352 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-553-80480-4 |
| Preceded by | Forever Odd |
Brother Odd is a novel by Dean Koontz, published in 2006. The novel is the third book in Koontz's series that focuses on a man named Odd Thomas.
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[edit] Plot Summary
The third book in the Odd Thomas Series. (Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd.)
In St. Bartholomew's Monastery, in the Sierra mountains, Odd Thomas finds an escape. His life lacking simplicity, and with a great guilt on his shoulders, Odd Thomas turns to St. Bartholomew's for guidance and a more simple life. For as long as he can remember, Odd has had a sixth sense. This attributed him many abilities, one of which is the sight of ghosts. Often these spirits ask him to help them in the vengeance of their deaths, but even more often, they wont leave this world behind for some shame or another. Odd Thomas sought happiness and respite in this small, isolated Monastery, to get away from the disasters and suffering he must face as part of his gift, or possibly, curse. He occupied a guests quarter for seven months, before a his old life returned in the form of a bodach; a dark, shadelike apparition that apparently feeds from the terror and suffering of humanity in great scale. These creatures signal horrible tragedies and catastrophes on, around, or caused by the people they follow. Only Odd can see them. Thomas quickly discovers one of the brothers facedown in the dark, and must run when he is attacked from the back, not getting a look at his assailant. When he returns the body is gone. In the next few hours, bodachs arrive in enormous numbers, crawling and feeding off of the unknowing children in the Monastery's school, and Odd investigates his sole suspect; Rodion Romanovich. While traversing from the Monastery to the children's school, Odd Thomas is confronted by predators in the snowstorm, and he runs for his life, barely making it. Now Odd must find the missing Brother Timothy, and his clues are few, his resources many, and to collect the Brothers to protect the children, he must travel back out into the storm.
[edit] Characters
[edit] Odd Thomas
Odd is the main protagonist. He sees the lingering dead and is befriended by Brother Knuckles, Boo, and the lingering spirit of Elvis Presley.
[edit] Brother "Knuckles" Salvatore
Knuckles was once a thug for a mob, but soon realized what he did was wrong, and came to the Abbey for redemption.
[edit] Brother John Heineman
Brother John is a brilliant scientist who donated his life’s wealth to the monastery and school in search of a more peaceful life.
[edit] Mother Superior
Mother Superior is the head nun. She is one of the few people who knows of Odd’s gift.
[edit] Rodion Romonovich
Rodion is a mysterious Russian librarian, who, like Odd, has come to the Abbey in search of peace and solitude. He bakes delicious cakes and other desserts for the Abbey. Possibly named after the main character of the famous russian novel, Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
[edit] Jacob
Jacob is a disabled man who lives in the Abbey. He lacks many social skills but makes up for it with exceptional drawing abilities. He helps Odd with information on the Neverwas.
[edit] Boo
Boo is a spirit of a dog. He is a white German Shepard, part lab.
