![]() Only the Mother Superior (Sister Angela), Abbot Bernard, and Brother Salvatore (Brother Knuckles) are aware of his special gift. Odd wants to look away, but senses that should they ever find out he can see them, his life would become much more difficult. Seemingly half man/half wolf, it glides without even rippling the grass it passes over. ![]() Something only he and Odd can see, the other worldly, inky and sinuous shape oozes across the lawn in the shadows. He watches to see what has the dog's attention. Odd looks outside the monastery's guest house window and sees his ghost dog Boo acting as though something terrible is in the shadows. He is drawn to situations, and running entirely on intuition and faith that his life has purpose, he follows the pull. After a tragic affair in his hometown of Pico Mundo, Odd retreats to the monastery. ![]() Some want comfort, some forgiveness and others have motives he is unable to grasp. Odd has a rather unique gift-he sees dead people-those who are unable to cross over are drawn to him in hopes that he can fix what holds them here. ![]() Brother Odd by Dean Koontz is based on the character Odd Thomas and his attempt to find peace in the Californian mountain monastery of St. ![]()
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