Odd Hours
Published: 20, May 2008
Author: Dean Koontz
Genre: American, Fiction, Ghost, Horror, Psychic, Suspense, Thriller
Book 4 of 7: Odd Thomas
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Summary
Odd got a place to stay at Magic Beach with a retired actor after leaving the monastery in the last book. One morning while out for a walk, he comes across a woman he has been seeing in his dreams: a young, pregnant woman named Annamaria.
Odd gets separated from Annamaria after being assaulted and nearly killed by a huge guy with two henchmen in tow; however, he utilizes his psychic attraction to find her.
When he finds her, they realize they must go quickly, but while they make their preparations, they hear a vehicle door bang. They locate a place to hide until the guys who have been hunting them depart.
Odd and Annamaria went off walking now that the men had left. On their stroll, they come across a big group of coyotes, which Annamaria persuades to leave.
Odd runs to a local church after leaving Annamaria with a trusted friend, where he is later given up to the sheriff of Magic Beach, but not before hiding his ID under a church bench.
The sheriff, a man with several identities, believes Odd is a government agent sent to spy on his operation: the transportation and shipping of many nuclear weapons to terrorist organizations within the United States via the Magic Beach harbor.
Odd persuades the Sheriff that he is a failed government experiment and that he is prepared to be bribed to look the other way.
While the sheriff is arranging a deal to buy his allegiance, Odd manages to infuriate the ghost of Frank Sinatra, who began accompanying him when Elvis left.
The fury created by his soul causes a tremendous whirlwind and Odd is able to flee the police headquarters in the turmoil.
He makes his way down to the harbor swiftly and is able to board the ship carrying the nuclear weapons.
He is compelled to kill everyone on board, despite his objections, because there is no other way to protect the ship and its perilous cargo.
Odd successfully runs the boat aground at a nearby cove, alerting the Coast Guard, DHS, and FBI to the contents of the vessel.
Odd returns to the church to get his ID, but the sheriff greets him as he leaves. He runs into the priest and his wife while attempting to flee.
Odd discovers that the priest and his wife were both involved in the conspiracy to sell nuclear weapons via Magic Beach.
The priest murders his wife before being assassinated by the sheriff, who is subsequently assassinated by one of his henchmen.
The henchman, known as 'Meth Mouth,' converses with Odd, believing him to be a psychic government operative. Odd shoots Meth Mouth beneath the table with the wife's rifle while laughing at one of his jokes.
Odd and Annamaria exit Magic Beach at the end of the narrative. Odd is crying because he is responsible for the deaths of so many people, nearly all of them were killed by him.
While he may have taken a few lives, Annamaria assures him that he has saved millions more.
She then pulls over to the side of the road and requests that Odd show her Cassiopeia, the constellation. Odd and Stormy would frequently point out Cassiopeia together because it was Stormy's mother's name, thus Annamaria's request catches him off guard, but he obliges her by pointing out the constellation.
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