Saint Odd

Saint Odd
Dean Koontz

The seventh and final Odd Thomas thriller from the master storyteller.The future is haunting Odd Thomas.The carnival has returned to Pico Mundo, the same one that came to town when Odd was just sixteen. Odd is drawn to an arcade tent where he discovers Gypsy Mummy, the fortune-telling machine that told him that he and Stormy Llewellyn were destined to be together forever.But Stormy is dead and Pico Mundo is under threat once more. History seems to be repeating itself as Odd grapples with a satanic cult intent on bringing destruction to his town. An unseasonal storm is brewing, and as the sky darkens and the sun turns blood-red, it seems that all of nature is complicit in their plans.Meanwhile Odd is having dreams of a drowned Pico Mundo, where the submerged streetlamps eerily light the streets. But there’s no way Pico Mundo could wind up underwater . . . could it?

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First published in the USA in 2015 by Bantam Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, A division of Random House, Inc., New York.

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Source ISBN: 9780007520152

Ebook Edition © JANUARY 2015 ISBN: 9780007520145

Version: 2015-04-29

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This book is dedicated to Frank Redman, who has more than once reminded me of Odd Thomas.

The only wisdom we can hope to acquire

Is the wisdom of humility …

—T. S. ELIOT, East Coker

Contents

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Title Page (#u12f9cebe-d7a7-5a28-a068-21b751b6133b)

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Epigraph (#u967ce3ce-41a8-5b54-be29-73918a57155d)

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Chapter Two (#u251d76ee-fcdd-5487-962a-c9eb6f44c989)

Chapter Three (#u0220eabc-2601-5cd3-bf48-0e3fae59aa41)

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Chapter Six (#ua0c72486-a163-5308-971c-30283d8c3324)

Chapter Seven (#u85e519f3-18f4-5266-9393-b9bf1a92c527)

Chapter Eight (#u89019a1b-bf89-5bfe-b811-a886e446db7e)

Chapter Nine (#ub135131e-5930-5f6c-9655-379235d3f45d)

Chapter Ten (#u47bd6ff7-a578-52fd-adaf-85390685b251)

Chapter Eleven (#u89e53c95-3daf-5b2f-ba75-96f4d95a944e)

Chapter Twelve (#u9c0e14c6-5952-553b-97da-5c6a5cbfefde)

Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)