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Published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
First published in the USA in 2015 by Bantam Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, A division of Random House, Inc., New York.
Copyright © Dean Koontz 2015
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Source ISBN: 9780007520152
Ebook Edition © JANUARY 2015 ISBN: 9780007520145
Version: 2015-04-29
This book is dedicated to Frank Redman, who has more than once reminded me of Odd Thomas.
The only wisdom we can hope to acquire
Is the wisdom of humility …
—T. S. ELIOT, East Coker
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