 odd thomas is a thriller novel by american writer dean koontz, published in 2003. the novel derives its title from the protagonist, a twenty-year-old short-order cook named odd thomas. the book, which was well received and lauded by critics, went on to become a new york times bestseller. following the success of the novel, five sequels, forever odd (2005), brother odd (2006), odd hours (2008), odd apocalypse (2012), and deeply odd (2013), were also written by koontz. the final novel in the series saint odd (2015) will be released on jan 13, 2015. three graphic-novel prequels, in odd we trust, odd is on our side and house of odd have also been released. in the postscript to the graphic novel, koontz states that "god willing, there will be six odd thomas novels." a special odd thomas adventure (short novel), odd interlude, was released on december 26, 2012. ==plot summary== in the beginning of the book, odd thomas is silently approached by the ghost of a young girl brutally raped and murdered, and through his unique ability to understand the dead, is psychically led to her killer, a former schoolmate named harlo landerson. with this opening, we are introduced to odd's world. koontz soon discloses how odd was named and begins, layer by layer, to show how odd's dysfunctional upbringing has shaped his life, and as those details are uncovered, his supernatural abilities begin to make more sense. we see odd at work as a short order cook in a california desert town, and in a fateful 24-hour period, he meets a suspicious-looking man in the diner followed by bodachs, shadowy spirit creatures who appear only during times of death and disaster. this man, who odd nicknames "fungus man" (due to his waxy complexion and blond hair that resembles mold), has an unusually large swarm of bodachs following him, and odd is convinced that this man is connected to some terrible catastrophe that is about to occur. to gather more information about him, odd uses his gift of supernatural intuition, which his soulmate bronwen (a.k.a. stormy) llewellyn calls "psychic magnetism," to track him down. odd's sixth sense leads him to fungus man's home
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