In certain circumstances, momentum could be more important than caution, “I suspected eccentricity was often if not always a response to pain, a defense mechanism against anguish and torment and sorrow.”, “The source of magic in this world is more mysterious than all the explanations that sorcerers and wizards have given for it, and it is more prevalent than can be understood by those who live according to the constricted form of reason so prevalent in our time.”, “we are born into time only to be born out of it, after living through the cycles of the seasons, under stars that turn because the world turns, born into ignorance and acquiring knowledge that ultimately reveals to us our enduring ignorance: The circle is the essential pattern of our existence.”, “As I turned to leave the tent, she said, "Don't worry. As huge fan of Dean Koontz and Odd Thomas in particular I had invested a lot of time and love for our dear oddie and the town Pico Mundo. What does her having a daughter who had a son have to do with anything? If you have followed the series, the big reveal that awaited you was 'Will they be together forever?" Congratulations on this excellent venture… what a great idea! There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists.

If you've read the first 6 books you can kind of see the end coming, but it still felt rather abrupt. 4 likes. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 25, 2017. I was bummed when the publishing date moved and anxiously awaited the arrival of "Saint Odd" only to find it to be a huge let down. The importance of Saints is something that is debated, but is a part of many religions, particularly Christianity.

You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition. All the paranormal aspects of the series must have been mistakenly left on the editing floor and replaced with a plot that should have been in another book all together. Well I just finished the last book in this series, and I can't say much without giving too much away. Odd ignores her, which causes her to go into a poltergeist rage while Odd escapes the house. A paramilitary strike team chases him through an almond orchard and, failing to locate him, begin blowing up the orchard's buildings. Koontz tells us several times that this is the final book in the Odd series but I wonder. Welcome back. I wanted to weigh in on the reviews. This ebook edition contains a special preview of Dean Koontz’s The Silent Corner. He finally determines that the cult is planning to release a deadly version of the rabies virus through the prank air blasts emanating from a funhouse in a visiting carnival. However, its very quickly cut short by an ending that sees our hero meet his fate (no spoilers!) I don't know why I am surprised. The reader doesn't get much closure or really any answers as to why any of this was happening. Will this final book be as heart breaking as the first? There was a problem loading your book clubs.

Copy and paste this code into your Wikipedia page. Odd Interlude: A Special Odd Thomas Adventure, The Dead Town (Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, Book 5). A happy ending, for Odd, was death, reuniting with Stormy, and saying goodbye to the horrors and responsibilities of this world. I gave 5 stars more for the series than this book, but I did like it as well.

Across the land, in the company of mortals and spirits alike, he has known kindness and cruelty, felt love and loss, saved lives and taken them--as he's borne witness to humanity's greatest good and darkest evil. Odd hides in the landscaping and then enters the house, following the cultists after they make their incursion.
Saint Odd (2015) is the seventh and final thriller novel in the Odd Thomas series by American writer Dean Koontz.The book was initially released on January 13, 2015 by Bantam Books. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Makes me sorry I invested all the time and money on the series as a whole! I tried to console myself with the explanation that, in the classic theme of all super-villains, the cult was undone by their own desire to be super evil and just didn't have enough clarity of thought to think about flying a crop sprayer over LA, for example?

Given the same build up it was not hard to imagine a significantly more creative take on the "Prestige" which would have been much more true to the character of Odd. . Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

It could probably almost be read as a stand alone book, as Koontz describes all the important things that had happened up til this point - something I was glad for as my memory of the last book was slightly hazy by now and that was able to jump start it back up. Saint Odd starts off strongly and in usual Koontz style quickly has us being intrigued, thrilled and laughing at well written wit. January 13th 2015 To be honest by the end of this meandering book, I no longer cared. The story drags and there are chase scenes that are 10 pages too long and to add to that you have characters that are so enigmatic as to cause a reader headaches. I would miss the kindness of good people who were compassionate when so many were pitiless, who made their way through so much corruption without being corrupted themselves, who eschewed envy in a world of envy, who eschewed greed in a world of greed, who valued truth and could not be drowned in a sea of lies, for they shone and, by the light they cast, they had warmed me all my life.”, “Sometimes, when I'm feeling sorry for myself, it seems that I'm made to carry an impossibly heavy weight, the crushing weight of losing her. So in summary a pedestrian but an enjoyable meander until the final few chapters when the whole Odd Thomas series comes to an ultimately satisfying conclusion. Welcome back. Only the reckoning remains.