Odd Thomas [Signed]

Dean Koontz

ISBN 10: 0553802496 / ISBN 13: 9780553802498

Published by Bantam, New York, 2003

About this Item

First Edition w/ full number line. Inscribed on title page in year of publication by Dean Koontz to two friends: "Elvis lives! At least in this story. Warmest regards, Dean Koontz 12-18-03". Very good hardcover w/ light wear (small edge & spine bumps, light sunning on edges of paper boards); interior pages very good, slight shelf wear, no marks. Dust jacket is VG unclipped (in mylar sleeve) & bright with light wear incl. rubbing & edge wear & light toning on flaps (couple of stains on backside, not visible, see photo w/o mylar sleeve). See photos.

Seller Inventory # 112425KOO7

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Odd Thomas [Signed]
• Publisher: Bantam, New York
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0553802496
• ISBN 13: 9780553802498
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Dimensions: 3.23W x 16.26H x 24.05D centimeters 3.23 centimeters width by 16.26 centimeters height by 24.05 centimeters depth
• Weight: 680 grams
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Dean Koontz
  • Signed Books
  • Mystery

About this title

Synopsis

Now a major motion picture starring Anton Yelchin, Willem Dafoe, and Addison Timlin, and directed by Stephen Sommers

“The dead don't talk. I don't know why.” But they do try to communicate, with a short-order cook in a small desert town serving as their reluctant confidant. Odd Thomas thinks of himself as an ordinary guy, if possessed of a certain measure of talent at the Pico Mundo Grill and rapturously in love with the most beautiful girl in the world, Stormy Llewellyn. Maybe he has a gift, maybe it’s a curse, Odd has never been sure, but he tries to do his best by the silent souls who seek him out. Sometimes they want justice, and Odd’s otherworldly tips to Pico Mundo's sympathetic police chief, Wyatt Porter, can solve a crime. Occasionally they can prevent one. But this time it's different.

A mysterious man comes to town with a voracious appetite, a filing cabinet stuffed with information on the world's worst killers, and a pack of hyena-like shades following him wherever he goes. Who the man is and what he wants, not even Odd’s deceased informants can tell him. His most ominous clue is a page ripped from a day-by-day calendar for August 15.

Today is August 14.

In less than twenty-four hours, Pico Mundo will awaken to a day of catastrophe. As evil coils under the searing desert sun, Odd travels through the shifting prisms of his world, struggling to avert a looming cataclysm with the aid of his soul mate and an unlikely community of allies that includes the King of Rock 'n' Roll. His account of two shattering days when past and present, fate and destiny converge is the stuff of our worst nightmares—and a testament by which to live: sanely if not safely, with courage, humor, and a full heart that even in the darkness must persevere.

About the Author

Dean Koontz, the author of many #1 New York Times bestsellers, lives with his wife, Gerda, and the enduring spirit of their golden retriever, Trixie, in southern California.