Instead, Danny recounts that, because of his loneliness from a debilitating bone disease, he called a phone sex line and spoke with a woman named Datura.

Odd returns to Datura's room and finds a shotgun, which he uses to kill Cheval Robert.

At first he is dismayed at his survival, as his dearest hope is to be reunited with his soul-mate, Bronwen "Stormy" Llewellyn, in the afterlife.

Odd accompanies the Chief Porter to the hotel, where they go back to retrieve Danny from that terrible place.

Two months later, Odd makes plans to work in a monastery high in the mountains in an attempt to find peace.

He must save his friend, Danny Jessup, from an insane, masochistic occultist calling herself Datura.

She, and her crew, kidnap Danny to draw Odd to her and gain control over his supernatural ability.

Although not specifically pointed out in the novel, Datura is the name of a genus of poisonous shrubs that includes jimsonweed.

When Odd meets Datura for the first time, Andre stands next to her at the window and observes the storm.

Odd shoots Robert four times with a shotgun, causing him to fall off the hotel balcony.

Robert and Andre are perhaps zombies, animated by Datura's stolen ti bon ange (Good Little Angel).