• Brother Odd

  • An Odd Thomas Novel
  • By: Dean Koontz
  • Narrated by: David Aaron Baker
  • Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (6,594 ratings)

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Brother Odd

By: Dean Koontz
Narrated by: David Aaron Baker
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Publisher's summary

No one could have imagined Odd Thomas ever leaving the perfect, quirky comfort of Pico Mundo, least of all Odd himself. The little desert town that nurtured Odd all his life is the locus of everything he holds dear: his loyal friends, his ghostly confidants, and the place where he loved and lost his soul mate, the irreplaceable Stormy Llewellyn. Yet leave it he has, to embrace the solitude and peace of an isolated monastery high in the western mountains as he tries to find a way to live fully again.

But Odd has a knack for finding himself in the path of trouble no matter where he goes — even among the eccentric monks in their sanctuary and with his steady spirit companion, the King of Rock 'n' Roll, at his side. For a killer is stalking the ancient holy halls, and Odd is about to meet an enemy who eclipses any he has yet encountered.

Odd number: don't miss the first two audiobooks in this series, Odd Thomas and Forever Odd.
©2006 by Dean Koontz (P)2006 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.

Critic reviews

"The nice young fry cook with the occult powers is Koontz's most likeable creation." (The New York Times)
"An irresistibly offbeat mix of supernatural horror and laugh-out-loud humor." (Publishers Weekly)

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Spellbinding

I Love the Odd Thomas series. It is funny and suspenseful and well read. Great story.

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a wonderful book

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Full of charm

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Koontz created an appealing character and combined fantasy very well

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Wonderful sense of humor

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Wonderful Imagination

Love the narrator. Fits Odd perfectly. Love these stories and the imagination it took to create

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wonderful story

this was only my third (but by no means last) Dean Koontz Audiobook (after the first Odd Books) and I really loved it very much. I especially liked the reference to the two novels by Kate DiCamillo who are one of my absolute favorite audiobooks.
David Aaron Baker did a beautiful job as narrator as he always does.
A highly recommendable Audiobook !

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not as good as book #1&2.

seemed like Mr koontz just wanted to hurry this one. but I'm still in love with the Odd stories.

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I love the Odd Thomas series.

Not as good as the first two books in the series, but still a fun and entertaining listen.

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Good, not great

Not as good as earlier books, a bit predictable.

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Wish I could be Stormy Llewellyn

Another wonderful Odd Thomas adventure. if you haven't read the ones from before this I highly recommend you do so before diving in to this one

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The Odd books series is excellent and funny

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I like quirky stories and I would say this series qualifies. I never thouight I would like Dean Koontz books because I always think horror when I hear his name but I discovered he has a sense of humour too.

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The narrator did a good job and made the characters seem very real.

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Enjoyable listen!

The narrator of these books really had the opportunity to shine in this one. Fantastic narration! The story seemed a little "out there" at times (even for an "Odd" book) but was still a thoroughly enjoyable listen.

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