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| Book Title | Odd Thomas |
| Series | Odd Thomas |
| Genre | Thriller |
| Author | Dean Koontz |
| Publisher | Bantam Books |
| Published | 2003 |
| Format | Mass Market Paperback |
| Condition | Good |
| Condition Notes | Mass-market paperback in Good condition with moderate reading and shelf wear. The black front cover shows noticeable surface rubbing, scratches and scuffing, with wear along the edges and corners. There is additional rubbing and light creasing near the spine and lower portion of the cover. Despite the cosmetic wear, the cover remains intact and the title and artwork are clearly visible. A well-read but solid copy suitable for continued reading. |
| Condition | Good |
Twenty-year-old Odd Thomas lives in the desert town of Pico Mundo, California, where he works as a short-order cook and tries to maintain an ordinary life. Unfortunately for Odd, the dead have a habit of finding him.
Odd can see the spirits of people who have died, although they cannot speak to him. Sometimes they simply seek companionship; others lead him toward the people responsible for their deaths. Odd has quietly learned to use this strange ability to help both the living and the dead.
Then a mysterious stranger arrives in Pico Mundo surrounded by sinister shadowlike creatures that Odd calls bodachs. Their presence means one thing: terrible violence is approaching.
Odd realizes that something catastrophic may happen within hours. With help from his fiercely loyal girlfriend Stormy Llewellyn, Police Chief Wyatt Porter, and some decidedly unusual supernatural companions, Odd begins investigating the stranger.
What follows becomes a race against time as Odd attempts to discover where the coming violence will occur—and whether he can stop it before innocent people die.
EugeneBookStore Summary
The dead don’t speak to Odd Thomas—but they have plenty to tell him.
Odd Thomas is an ordinary twenty-year-old fry cook with one extraordinary ability: he can see the dead.
When a strange newcomer arrives in Pico Mundo accompanied by supernatural creatures that appear wherever death and violence are approaching, Odd realizes his small desert town is facing something far worse than murder. A catastrophe is coming, and he may be the only person capable of stopping it.
Funny, frightening, touching and suspenseful, Odd Thomas introduces one of Dean Koontz’s most memorable characters and launches the bestselling series that followed him through seven main novels.
Collector Notes
This is the first book in the Odd Thomas series and the 2004 Bantam mass-market paperback edition, ISBN 9780553584493. The novel originally appeared as a Bantam hardcover in December 2003, so this copy is not a first edition of the novel. However, collectors building a matching paperback set will want this edition as the starting volume. The specialist Koontz bibliography notes that a first printing of this paperback carries the number line OPM 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, had a $7.99 cover price, and included promotional material for Life Expectancy and Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein: Prodigal Son. Check your copyright page for the complete number line; if present, your copy is a first printing of the mass-market edition.
