Book description
From the mind of Dean Koontz, the 400 million copy worldwide
bestseller, comes this supernatural tale of good and evil, and life and
death. Find out why Odd Thomas is the master storyteller's most talked
about creation.
Strange times need strange heroes.
Odd Thomas lives always between two worlds. He can see the lingering
dead and knows that even in chaos, there is order, purpose, and strange
meaning that invites our understanding but often thwarts it.
Intuition has brought Odd Thomas to the quaint town of Magic Beach on
the California coast. As he waits to learn why he has been drawn there,
he finds work as a cook and assistant to a once-famous film actor who,
at eighty has become an eccentric with as long a list of fears as he has
stories about Hollywood's golden days.
Odd is having dreams of a red tide, vague but worrisome. By day he
senses a free-floating fear in the air of the town, as if unleashed by
the crashing waves. But nothing prepares him for the hard truth of what
he will discover as he comes face to face with a form of evil that will
test him as never before… 'On his day, Koontz can out-King Stephen
King' Daily Sport
Praise for the Odd Thomas series:
'A blend of humour, humanity and horror, the classic Koontz concoction'
The Times
'Odd Thomas is a superb character' Independent
Praise for Dean Koontz:
'Dean Koontz is not just a master of our darkest dreams, but also a
literary juggler' The Times
'Psychologically complex, masterly and satisfying' New York Times
Dean Koontz is the author of more than a dozen New York Times No. 1
bestsellers. His books have sold over 400 million copies worldwide, a
figure that increases by more than 17 million copies per year, and his
work is published in 38 languages. He was born and raised in
Pennsylvania and lives with his wife Gerda and their dog Anna in
southern California.
