Odd, a charizmatický mladý muž s niečím pre ostatné sveta a downright strange, je v self-imposed exile. Tragické udalosti majú ľad him z jeho slnko-bleached púšť domova Pico Mundo na kláštor v High Sierra, hľadanie pre peace. It's December and the remote abbey is besieged by icy winds and snow. Ale ešte v hrúbke hory, nebezpečenstvo a desperation haunt him still...As ever, kde Odd Thomas goes, strangeness goes too. A white dog named Boo befriends him - as does the ghost of Elvis. And world-famous physicist je conducting experiments v catacombs of the abbey. Could this be why Odd môže once again see bodachs, shadowy harbingers of violence? They prowl the halls, suggesting horror to come. But what form will it take? And how will Odd defeat an enemy that eclipses any he has met before?