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Odd Thomas (2003) is a thriller novel by American writer Dean Koontz. The novel derives its title from the protagonist, a twenty-year-old cook named Odd Thomas. It immediately went popular and became a New York Times Bestseller. With the success of the novel, Koontz penned down six sequels of it, the final novel in the series Saint Odd was released in 2015. He also wrote three graphic novel prequels of Odd Thomas.
Every gift has a price.
The dead try to communicate with Odd Thomas because of his unique ability to understand the dead. 'Is it a gift or a curse'-he never understood. This time he is approached by a ghost of a young girl who was brutally raped and murdered, psychically led to her killer, a former schoolmate named Harlo Landerson. Koontz unveils Odd's dysfunctional upbringing, layer by layer, that has shaped his life and his supernatural abilities begin to make more sense.
While working as a short-order cook in the California desert town, Odd meets a suspicious-looking man in the diner followed by bodachs, a shadowy spirit creature who appears only during times of death and disaster. Odd is convinced that this 'Fungus Man', nicknamed by Odd, is connected to some terrible catastrophe that is about to occur. Odd's sixth sense leads him to Fungus Man's home and begins to uncover a mysterious other-worldly link to the dark forces that about to be unleashed on the town of Pico Mundo. Odd is soon deeply involved in an attempt to prevent the disastrous bloodshed he knows will happen the next day.
Adaptation
Dean Koontz confirmed in 2010 that he had a movie script adapted from the novel Odd Thomas, written and directed by an American filmmaker Stephen Sommers. It is produced independently by Howard Kaplan and John Baldecchi. In 2011, Anton Yelchin was cast to play the title role and the movie was released in the United States on April 5, 2013
The movie won the Saturn Award for Best DVD/Blue-Ray release in 2015 from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films.
About the Author
Dean Ray Koontz (born July 9, 1945, Everett, Pennsylvania) is an American poet, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story writer. His novels are billed as a suspense thriller, but frequently incorporate elements of horror, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and satire. Many of his books have appeared on The New York Times Best Seller List, with fourteen hardcover and sixteen paperbacks reaching the number-one position.
Koontz has been writing for over 50 years under his pen names such as Aaron Wolfe, Brian Coffey, David Axton, Deanna Dwyer, Richard Paige, and a few more. He has published over 105 novels and a number of novellas, and a collection of short stories including Watcher, Odd Thomas, Life Expectancy, Strangers, The Silent Corner, Ticktock, Devoted, Lightning, The Darkest Evening of the Year, Phantoms, The Taking, etc. He has sold over 450 million copies in thirty-eight languages of his work.
The Times (of London) has called him a 'literary juggler'. He lives in Southern California with his wife, Gerda, their golden retriever, Elsa, and the enduring spirits of their goldens Trixie and Anna.
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Rating: 4.6/5
Author: Dean Koontz
Publisher: Bantam Publishing
Publishing Date: December 9, 2003 (First Ed edition0
Edition Language: English
Genre: Ghost Fiction, Ghost Thriller, Espionage Thriller
ISBN-10: 0553802496
ISBN-13: 978-0553802498
Pages: 399 (Hardcover)
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