Odd Thomas
Published: 2003
Author: Dean Koontz
Genre: Action, Crime, Espionage, Fiction, Ghost, Horror, Murder, Occult, Psychic, Suspense, Thriller
Book 1 of 7: Odd Thomas
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Summary
Odd Thomas is contacted silently by the spirit of a young girl brutally raped and murdered at the start of the novel, and is psychically led to her killer, a former schoolmate called Harlo Landerson, by his unusual capacity to interpret the dead.
Koontz reveals how Odd was named and continues to reveal, layer by layer, how Odd's chaotic background has influenced his life, and as those circumstances are revealed, Odd's otherworldly powers begin to make more sense.
Odd encounters a suspicious-looking man at the restaurant while working as a short-order chef in a California desert town, followed by Bodachs, shadowy spirit creatures who manifest only during times of death and calamity.
This man, whom Odd dubs "Fungus Man" (because of his waxy complexion and blond hair that resembles mold), is being pursued by an abnormally huge swarm of Bodachs, and Odd is certain that he is related to some awful disaster that is about to unfold.
Odd utilizes his uncanny sense, which his soul mate Bronwen (a.k.a. Stormy) Llewellyn refers to as "psychic magnetism," to track him down in order to learn more about him.
Odd's sixth sense takes him to Fungus Guy's home, where he learns more about the man and a mystery other-worldly connection to the deadly forces about to be unleashed on Pico Mundo.
Odd becomes fully involved in an attempt to avert the tragic slaughter he knows will occur the next day, accompanied at times by the ghost of Elvis Presley and encountering other remarkable spirits, including a slain prostitute.
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