Odd Hours

About this book

The story begins with Odd finding a woman who featured prominently in his dream, a young, pregnant woman who calls herself Annamaria. After being assaulted and nearly killed by a large man with two henchmen in tow, Odd is separated from Annamaria. After escaping from the men, involving some physical contact, he goes home, cleans up and then uses his psychic magnetism to locate Annamaria. After finding her they decide to leave and begin making the preparations to go they hear car doors slam. They manage to find a hiding spot that the "bad" men don't find. After the "bad" men leave, they set out walking and encounter a pack of coyotes, obscenely large given the urban setting, which Annamaria dismisses and scatters with a few words. After leaving Annamaria with a trusted friend, Odd flees to a church, where he is subsequently turned in to the Sheriff of Magic Beach, a man who seems to have many personalities, who believes Odd is a government agent, who has come to spy on his operation: the delivery and shipment of multiple nuclear weapons to terrorist groups inside the US via the Magic Beach harbor. Odd manages to convince the Sheriff that he is an experiment gone wrong, and agrees to go over to his side. While the Sheriff is setting up a transaction to buy his loyalty, Odd manages to enrage Frank Sinatra, the spirit who began accompanying him after the departure of Elvis, and manages to start a storm of poltergeist activity.