Odd Thomas (Brother Odd)

Odd Thomas is twenty-one years old, and after losing his best friend and girlfriend sixteen months previously, Odd has chosen to stay at St. Bartholomew's Abbey for an indefinite period of time. He is picking up the pieces slowly, but still has trouble finding any real purpose or meaning in his life since her death. Originally from Pico Mundo, Odd is vouched for by his longtime friend and police chief of Pico Mundo, Wyatt Porter, and the town's Catholic priest, Father Llewellyn. Father Llewellyn was Stormy's uncle, and Stormy was the love of Odd's life.

Odd Thomas has the uncertain gift of being able to see dead people. In fact, he sees more than just dead people. He also sees vile and frightening creatures he has named bodachs after the bodachs of British Isles lore. Troubled souls approach him for help, and Odd does all...