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In Odd We Trust | 
 enlarge | Authors: Queenie Chan, Dean Koontz
Publisher: Del Rey
Category: Book
List Price: $10.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  56 reviews
Sales Rank: 2160
Media: Comic
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5 x 0.9
ISBN: 0345499662
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5
EAN: 9780345499660
ASIN: 0345499662
Publication Date: June 24, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Book appears unread. This is a graphic novel illustrated by Queenie Chan. All proceeds benefit local libraries.
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Product Description
“Meet a young man named Odd . . . who helps the dead get even."
From the infinite imagination of #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes the suspenseful graphic-novel debut of a natural-born hero with a supernatural twist.
Odd Thomas is a regular nineteen-year-old with an unusual gift: the ability to see the lingering spirits of the dead. To Odd, it’s not such a big deal. And most folks in sleepy Pico Mundo, California, are much more interested in the irresistible pancakes Odd whips up at the local diner. Still, communing with the dead can be useful. Because while some spirits only want a little company . . . others want justice.
When the sad specter of a very frightened boy finds its way to him, Odd vows to root out the evil suddenly infecting the sunny streets of Pico Mundo. But even with his exceptional ability–plus the local police and his pistol-packing girlfriend, Stormy, backing him–is Odd any match for a faceless stalker who’s always a step ahead . . . and determined to kill again?
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 IN ODD WE TRUST is not the best introduction to the characters of Pico Mundo November 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Dean Koontz's thoroughly enjoyable and readable Odd Thomas series gets the graphic novel treatment in the paperback IN ODD WE TRUST. The series has been a bestseller for Koontz for years, and here he fills in some of the missing details of Odd's life. IN ODD WE TRUST is a prequel, an original story that begins before the first book in the series.
The premise of Odd's life is that he sees dead people. Or at least their left-behind spirits. These spirits are sometimes looking for justice or resolution to their lives, and Odd is enlisted to help, along with his tough-as-nails, gun-toting girlfriend, named Stormy (yes, Stormy is more than a bit of a cliché at this point; luckily, she is rescued by being a fresh and genuine character and has enough heart to stand on her own).
IN ODD WE TRUST may introduce some new readers to Koontz's work, but more likely it will introduce some Koontz readers to manga (the book isn't true manga; it reads left to right). It's a great format for Odd, since he's a bit of a superpowered guy anyway, and it's nice to have a visual representation of Odd's native Pico Mundo, California, and the restaurant where he makes the tastiest pancakes in town.
Odd and Stormy are determined to find the killer of a recently murdered young boy (the book's creepy opening shows the boy's spirit reading a newspaper account of his own murder). They work at solving the crime while, somewhere outside, the killer plots again. It's not exactly groundbreaking fare, but Koontz has always had a unique eye for the suspenseful. He's having fun here, too, using the format to great effect and creating an atmosphere of chilling and eerie effectiveness.
Koontz has enlisted the help of noted manga artist Queenie Chan (the Australian artist is probably best known for her great work on TOKYOPOP's The Dreaming series). Chan also helps with the writing here, so the graphic novel doesn't have the same feel as Koontz's prose series, but it's a nice changeup here.
The series gets some new life, and additional insight, from this work. Koontz includes an essay at the end that explains how he created the character of Odd Thomas and how he draws his inspiration for the work. Koontz promises that ultimately there will be six books in the Odd Thomas series and that "His end will prove to be there in his beginning, and his beginning in his end." Fittingly, the book then segues into the first chapter of ODD THOMAS, so readers can see exactly what that beginning was. Chan's sketchbook work is also included, a nice behind-the-scenes touch for readers.
Despite its fictional timing set before the opening of the first novel in the series, IN ODD WE TRUST is not the best introduction to the characters of Pico Mundo. New readers will want to check out ODD THOMAS first before checking back here. The experience will be more rewarding that way.
--- Reviewed by John Hogan
 In Odd We Trust November 16, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was taken by surprise and saddened that it was a dumbing-down cartoon-format book in a wonderful series. Huge disapointment, both form & content. After having read all of the 'Odd' books so far, this was condensed-soup, watery-dime-store, theme rehash. I'm also miffed at visual presentation of characters, in general; don't appreciate my own mental images of characters being overlaid, regardless of the Chan/Koontz discourse. Almost returned it; only Caveat Emptor prevented me.
 In Odd We Trust November 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was very different from what I am used to reading but it gave me change and I found it to be delightful.
IT IS A COMIC BOOK, NOT A REAL BOOK October 24, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
With no description available I should not have purchased this. I already have all of Dean Koontz's books and love his work but this was not at all what I expected. Had I known it was a comic book I wouldn't have wasted my money.
In Odd we Trust October 24, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you're looking for a Comic Book, you have found it, if you're looking for a good read, keep searching.
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