Dean Koontz' Odd Thomas

Dean Koontz's book Odd Thomas, like Koontz's other books, is a gripping read. This book is particularly concerned with violence and the grotesque, however, and the emotions they evoke. Violence is depicted in places and only alluded to in others, but there is a thick atmosphere of violence and terrorism throughout the book. The bohachs are the harbingers of violence, and when Odd sees them followin

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