Travel with Odd Thomas through the shifting prisms of his world, through his small desert town as ominous shadows gather. He struggles to avert a looming cataclysm with the aid of his soul mate, Stormy Llewellyn, and an unlikely community of allies that includes the King of Rock and Roll.

Hosni, a shepherd living in the desert, finally realizes his dream of traveling to the city where he spends his gold dinar in a way which changes his life forever.

Visit the surreal and beautiful Mono Lake in California, and these national parks: Arches National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, Death Valley National Park, Zion National Park, Canyonlands National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, and Joshua Tree National Park.

Lonely in his house beside a road in the desert, Alejandro builds an oasis to attract the many animals around him.

The late writer and naturalist "Ellen Meloy wrote and recorded a series of audio essays for KUER (NPR Utah) in the 1990s. Every few months, she would travel to their Salt Lake City studios from her red rock home of Bluff to read an essay or two. With understated humor and sharp insight, Meloy would illuminate facets of human connection to nature and challenge listeners to examine the world anew. [This book] is a compilation of these essays, transcribed...