Really this book is the sequel to Odd Thomas classic. Odd is having trouble dealing with the events of the first novel (which strangely didn't seem to be a prob in Forever Odd) and has secluded himself in a monastery strangely filled with ex-action heroes.Not long into the piece (actually thats a lie the plot is a little slow starting) the troublesome Bodaks show up, and something a little more skeletal and sinister that Odd hasn't seen before.The storyline is pretty good, albiet the monks are hard to humanise, and being set in a place of God Koontz cannot hold back on his infuriating moralising. I had liked the Odd books as apparently free of Koontz's opinions but I guess I was wrong.Overall worth the read, and looking forward to Hours.