ODD APOCALYPSE: Once presided over by a flamboyant Hollywood mogul
during the Roaring '20s, the magnificent West Coast property known as
Roseland is now home to a reclusive billionaire financier and his
faithful servants. And, for the moment, it's also a port in the storm
for Odd Thomas and his traveling companion, the inscrutably charming
Annamaria. In the wake of Odd's most recent clash with lethal
adversaries, the opulent manor's comforts should be welcome. But there's
far more to Roseland than meets even the extraordinary eye of Odd, who
soon suspects it may be more hell than haven.
A harrowing taste of Roseland's terrors convinces Odd that it's time to
hit the road again. Still, the prescient Annamaria insists that they've
been led there for a reason. Just how deep and dreadful are the
mysteries Roseland and her masters have kept for nearly a century? And
what consequences await whoever is brave, or mad, enough to confront the
most profound breed of evil? Odd only knows. Like his acclaimed creator,
the irresistible Odd Thomas is in top-notch form--as he takes on what
may well be the most terrifying challenge yet in his curious career.
DEEPLY ODD: The truck driver is decked out like a rhinestone
cowboy, only instead of a guitar he's slinging a gun -- and Odd Thomas
is on the wrong end of the barrel. Though he narrowly dodges a bullet,
Odd can't outrun the shocking vision burned into his mind . . . or the
destiny that will drive him into a harrowing showdown with absolute
evil.
How do you make sure a crime that hasn't happened yet, never does?
That's the critical question facing Odd Thomas, the young man with a
unique ability to commune with restless spirits and help them find
justice and peace. But this time, it's the living who desperately need
Odd on their side. Three helpless innocents will be brutally executed
unless Odd can intervene in time. Who the potential victims are and
where they can be found remain a mystery. The only thing Odd knows for
sure is who the killer will be: the homicidal stranger who tried to
shoot him dead in a small-town parking lot.
With the ghost of Alfred Hitchcock riding shotgun and a network of
unlikely allies providing help along the way, Odd embarks on an
interstate game of cat and mouse with his sinister quarry. He will soon
learn that his adversary possesses abilities that may surpass his own
and operates in service to infinitely more formidable foes, with murder
a mere prelude to much deeper designs. Traveling across a landscape
haunted by portents of impending catastrophe, Odd will do what he must
and go where his path leads him, drawing ever closer to the dark heart
of his long journey -- and, perhaps, to the bright light beyond.
