The truck driver is decked out such as a rhinestone cowboy, only instead of a guitar he’s slinging a gun – and Odd Thomas is on the wrong end from the barrel. Though he narrowly dodges a bullet, Odd can’t outrun the surprising vision burnt into his mind . or the destiny that will travel him into a harrowing showdown with total bad. DEEPLY ODD How do you make sure a crime that hasn’t happened yet, never will? That’s the vital issue facing Odd Thomas, the son with a distinctive capability to about Deeply Odd commune with restless spirits and help them discover justice and peace. But this time, it’s the living who frantically need Odd on their part. Three helpless innocents will be brutally performed unless Odd can intervene with time. Who the victims are and where they could be found remain a mystery. The thing Unusual knows for sure is usually who the killer will end up being: the homicidal stranger who attempted to take him dead in a small-town parking lot. With the ghost of Alfred Hitchcock using shotgun and a network of unlikely allies offering help along the way, Odd embarks with an interstate game of cat and mouse with his sinister quarry. He will soon learn that his adversary possesses capabilities that may surpass his personal and operates in service to infinitely even more formidable foes, with murder only prelude to much deeper designs. Touring across a panorama haunted by portents of impending catastrophe, Odd will do what he must and go where his path leads him, sketching ever nearer to the dark heart of his long journey – and, maybe, to the bright light beyond.

“Koontz offers his character wit, good humor, a familiarity with the dark aspect of mankind – and moral outrage.” – USA Today