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SAINT ODD arrives January 13, 2015!
The stunning conclusion to the acclaimed ODD THOMAS series, SAINT ODD, arrives January 13, 2015.
Odd Thomas is back where it all started . . . because the time has come to finish it. Since he left his simple life in the small town of Pico Mundo, California, his journey has taken him to places strange and wonderful, mysterious and terrifying. 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鈥攁s he鈥檚 borne witness to humanity鈥檚 greatest good and darkest evil. Again and again, he has gone where he must and done what he had to do鈥攆or better or worse鈥攚ith his courage and devotion sorely tested, and his soul forever changed. Every triumph has been hard won. Each sacrifice has taken its toll.
Now, whatever destiny drives him has finally steered his steps home, where those he cares for most surround him, the memory of his tragically lost true love haunts him, and one last challenge鈥攙ast and dreadful鈥攁waits him. For Odd Thomas, born to serve a purpose far greater than himself, the wandering is done. Only the reckoning remains.
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Saint Odd
Odd Thomas is back where it all started . . . because the time has come to finish it. Since he left his simple life in the small town of Pico Mundo, California, his journey has taken him to places strange and wonderful, mysterious and terrifying. 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鈥攁s he鈥檚 borne witness to humanity鈥檚 greatest good and darkest evil. Again and again, he has gone where he must and done what he had to do鈥攆or better or worse鈥攚ith his courage and devotion sorely tested, and his soul forever changed. Every triumph has been hard won. Each sacrifice has taken its toll.
Now, whatever destiny drives him has finally steered his steps home, where those he cares for most surround him, the memory of his tragically lost true love haunts him, and one last challenge鈥攙ast and dreadful鈥攁waits him. For Odd Thomas, born to serve a purpose far greater than himself, the wandering is done. Only the reckoning remains.
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Saint Odd
SAINT ODD is HERE! A Note from Dean:
Well, here we are at the last Odd Thomas novel. I think the old Beatles lyric goes "...the long and winding road leads me straight to your door." That is true of Odd's 8-book journey, which in SAINT ODD will take him to the door of Stormy Llewellyn's apartment in Pico Mundo, where for a while he lived after her death. With this book, I feel as if I'm saying good-bye to the brother I never had. Thank all of you for staying with Odd (and me) on this long and winding road. You have written me tens of thousands of snail-mail letters about him, and it so often heartened me to read that you had the same deep yet hard to describe connection with him that I had. When I delivered the first manuscript, there were some in my professional life who said that the lead character in such a series had to be a seven-foot-tall mesomorph packing the biggest guns available, always sure of himself, dealing death without a second thought. It was said that after Stormy's death, he would have to get a new squeeze right away. As it turns out, dear readers, you have proved that a character with honor can be as interesting as one with mountains of muscle, that a character who is anguished by the need to kill can be as appealing as one who pulls the trigger with no second thought, that sometimes hot sex isn't as compelling as a commitment to vows and enduring love, that it's all right for a hero to be quirky. If quirky wasn't acceptable, you would never have heard of Odd Thomas--or of me.
May all of you become fully smooth and blue. (Yes, the meaning of those words, first heard in DEEPLY ODD, will be explained by the end of Odd's journey.)
- Dean
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Saint Odd
May all of you become fully smooth and blue. (Yes, the meaning of those words, first heard in DEEPLY ODD, will be explained by the end of Odd's journey.)
- Dean
Add SAINT ODD to your shelf!
Saint Odd
Artfully Odd
"The art within the Odd Thomas series sets the reader on a journey; it illustrates nuances of mood in each book, and depicts the movement of his story.鈥 -Random House book designer Virginia Norey
Check out how a book designer captured the essence of the Odd Thomas series:
Check out how a book designer captured the essence of the Odd Thomas series:
