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Odd Apocolypse (2000)

by Dean Koontz(Favorite Author)

3.86 of 5 Votes: 2

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English

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Horror

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Odd Thomas

review 1: Odd Thomas is fleeing the terrors of Harmony Corner in Koontz's previous volume of the eponymous series: Odd Interlude. Travelling with him are an idiosyncratic entourage: the enigmatic Annamaria who appears to be a heavily pregnant young lady, golden retriever Raphael and ghost Alsatian cross Boo. Odd and Annamaria are staying as guests of Noah Wolflaw at his beautiful Californian private estate of Roseland. Lying a mile from the sea the extensive house and grounds were created by a movie mogul in the 1920s. Odd can see the restless dead, ghosts who cannot rest because they have unfinished business. Out walking the extensive grounds of Roseland he encounters a beautiful lady in a nightgown riding a great black Friesian horse. Like all the ghosts that have appeared to... more him the lady cannot speak but is clearly stopped from moving on by great distress. Odd feels the pull of duty, compelled to help those who appear to him. This lady with her long blond hair threaded with blood is no exception.As the events of the book unfold Odd finds himself confronted by forces that he has never experienced in his encounters with ghosts and human evil before. He is pitched periodically into the terror of an apocalyptic future that seems to be seeping into the present. Here at Roseland there are spirits who are not ghosts, there are strange occult symbols and subturranean engines. Koontz touches on the interconnected quantum nature of the universe, time and space, blending science and the occult into a truly creepy haunted house mystery. I liked this story because for me Koontz is at his strongest when combining his themes of Odd the spiritual warrior, humble (doubting Thomas) and bewildered, with the work of brilliant scientists whose work's unwitting consequences cause chaos and destruction. In Odd Apocalypse the genius is Nikola Tesla, a truly great mind.
review 2: This is the fifth in the Odd Thomas series. Koontz hadn’t intended on continuing the series, but readers demanded more. The result was well worth it.Odd arrives at a reclusive estate, Roseland, with a character from the last novel: a very pregnant and prescient Annamaria, who was drawn there by undisclosed forces to confront an unholy terror. But Annamaria is absent through much of the novel, having served as the impetus for their arrival at Roseland and plays a small part in the dramatic, time shattering conclusion.The owner of the estate and his erstwhile staff, hide a dark secret built around a creation of Nikola Tesla, whom the owner of the estate, Noah Wolflaw, knew personally when he was a Hollywood movie star in the 30s. It is a tale of how immense wealth and the power that comes with it, coupled with an advanced technology unknown to the world, descends into depravity and fear of discovery.This is a tight, well written and wholly engaging tale of horror and psychic intervention and a fitting sequel to the other four novels in the series.I felt the only drawback was in the opening pages where Koontz explains a bit about Odd instead of weaving these particulars into the novel, allowing the reader to discover this rather than having it handed to him.Koontz has a manner of writing that mirrors many of the greats while still retaining an air of uniqueness that makes his writing sheer pleasure. I think the quality of his products easily surpasses that of the extremely popular James Patterson.If you are a fan of psychic horror, than the Odd Thomas series is just right for you. less

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