claim: The Hyksos' chief deity became associated with a god of the desert.
evidence: Oddkins  : A Fable for All Ages is a children 's book written by Dean Koontz , illustrated by Phil Parks , and published by Warner Books in September 1988 .. Dean Koontz. Dean Koontz. Warner Books. Warner Books. The British edition was released in November 1988 , and the paperback edition , which was only released in the United Kingdom , was published in 1989 .. Oddkins is now out of print in both the United States and the United Kingdom .