Odd Thomas can see dead people. One morning he woke up to see the ghost of his neighbour, step-father of his childhood friend. He went to the dead man's house, only to find the corpse of the old man, but his friend is missing. He saw a stranger, and was shot with a Taser, leaving him paralysed while the stranger fleed.
By kidnapping his best friend and not killing him when given the perfect chance, the intent of the agressor is obvious. He wants Odd to go to him, with reasons unknown. Using a weird sensing power, what he called psychic magnetism, Odd Thomas needs to find his friend fast.
This is a sequel to the book "Odd Thomas", which I rather enjoyed. "Forever Odd" sprang no surprises, as Koontz stuck to his winning combi of supernatural phenomenons, love and friendship and some philosophies on life. Throw in a couple of psychotic bad guys and the set was complete. I find the middle part quite boring though, since Odd is mostly alone, a large part of the book is just pure narrative. The last 1/3 of the book, when Odd meets his enemies, the confrontation and dialogues were more interesting and was where I enjoyed more. Overall, its not the best book that I'd read from Dean Koontz, but still a fairly entertaining read.
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