In Deeply Odd, Dean Koontz' book from 2013, his hero, Odd Thomas, battles a group of Satanists who kidnap 17 children to sacrifice in a ceremony. A large round stone in the ground at the ceremony site is carved with the word "Potestas" (page 238). - The Great Awakening

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In Deeply Odd, Dean Koontz' book from 2013, his hero, Odd Thomas, battles a group of Satanists who kidnap 17 children to sacrifice in a ceremony. A large round stone in the ground at the ceremony site is carved with the word "Potestas" (page 238). 🤡 Clown World 🌎

posted 2 years ago by WeAreThePlan 2 years ago by WeAreThePlan +280 / -0

At the house where the Satanists were planning their ceremony, the security wasn't all that strong:

"They knew that their fellow citizens, in this brave new century, chose to be unaware of them, to consign their master and them to the realm of myth. No one would come looking for them because no one believed in their existence."

When Odd Thomas spies on the Satanists gathering, he sees "a well-known film actor, a United States senator, and a couple other faces that were familiar but that I couldn't identify."

"...they were protected by their master, the rebel angel who was the prince of this world, to whom they had pledged everything. He said that they were untouchable. And perhaps they trusted one another not to steal and not to betray them with video on the Internet because when they had joined the dark-siders, they had surrendered their free will and no longer had the capacity to change their minds and betray the cult. A satanic society, after all, would operate as the ultimate totalitarianism."

Not that this story has anything to do with real life. Nah!

If you are intrigued, happy reading!

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– Hodar 17 points 2 years ago +18 / -1

If you haven't read his work, you are in for a treat. Based, loves dogs, tells a very imaginative story - but unlike Stephen King, there is no diarrhea of the typewriter. By this, I mean that King would spend 20 pages describing some trees outside a house, that have absolutely nothing to do with the story. You could easily trim ~50% of the pages from almost any King novel, and never come close to touching either the plot, or anything essential to the characters.

Dean does a masterful job, of keeping you entertained, developing each character, describing the scene, and presenting the story in a manner that it's often a difficult book to put down. When I have a long flight, or am in the mood for a thriller, he's one of my favorites. I would compare his style to Michael Crichton, but more on the light side. Where Crichton would provide an appendix listing various facts, court cases, or scientific facts supporting his story; Dean Koontz is more of a "disengage your brain, sit back, get comfortable and be entertained:, kind of author. Enjoy the story. Both are fantastic authors, but Crichton is pretty intense. I personally am just not a fan of Stephen King, politically nor as a reader of his stories. I will acknowledge his creativity and genius; just not my cup of tea as an author. Your mileage may vary, and that's perfectly fine.