Odd Thomas

Odd Thomas is the name of a fictional character created by Dean Koontz. Odd first appeared in the novel of the same name. He is a twenty year old man who lives in the California desert and works as a short order cook. This all seems rather normal, he has a girlfriend and several close friends. There is one thing that makes Odd Thomas, well a little odd; he has supernatural abilities. First and foremost among these powers in the power to see dead people. Odd has the power to see yet he can not communicate with them. These spiritual creatures that Odd can see are named Bodachs, a term he learnt when he met another boy with similar talents. This same boy was killed soon after revealing that he could see these spirits, Odd wonders if the boy was killed because the Bodachs realized that he could see them. Fueled by this fear Odd keeps his power a secret.