title: Odd Thomas: You Are Destined to Be Together Forever (Odd Thomas Series)
author:  Dean Koontz 
description: Dean Koontz, the author of many #1 New York Times bestsellers, lives in Southern California with his wife, Gerda, their golden retriever, Anna, and the enduring spirit of their golden, Trixie.
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  # ODD THOMAS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  # DEAN KOONTZ
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
      
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  To the Old Girls:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Mary Crowe, Gerda Koontz, Vicky Page, and Jana Prais.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  We'll get together.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  We'll nosh.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  We'll tipple.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  We'll dish, dish, dish.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
      
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Hope requires the contender
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Who sees no virtue in surrender.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  From the cradle to the bier,
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The heart must persevere.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
      
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  \- The Book of Counted Joys
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
      
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # CHAPTER I
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
      
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
      MY NAME IS ODD THOMAS, THOUGH IN THIS AGE when fame is the altar at which most people worship, I am not sure why you should care who I am or that I exist. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
      I am not a celebrity. I am not the child of a celebrity. I have never been married to, never been abused by,