At the house where the Satanists were planning their ceremony, the security wasn't all that strong:
"They knew that their fellow citizens, in this brave new century, chose to be unaware of them, to consign their master and them to the realm of myth. No one would come looking for them because no one believed in their existence."
When Odd Thomas spies on the Satanists gathering, he sees "a well-known film actor, a United States senator, and a couple other faces that were familiar but that I couldn't identify."
"...they were protected by their master, the rebel angel who was the prince of this world, to whom they had pledged everything. He said that they were untouchable. And perhaps they trusted one another not to steal and not to betray them with video on the Internet because when they had joined the dark-siders, they had surrendered their free will and no longer had the capacity to change their minds and betray the cult. A satanic society, after all, would operate as the ultimate totalitarianism."
Not that this story has anything to do with real life. Nah!
If you are intrigued, happy reading!
Is this the same odd Thomas that a movie was made about a few years ago?
Great film. Oddly, the actor from that movie (Anton Yelkin) died of a mysterious Jeep accident. He was crushed while getting the mail when his Jeep rolled backwards down the hill and crushed him. Very tragic!
Very tragic! Makes me wonder if the book to movie adaptations would reveal too much of the truth, and Hollywood just can't have that.... He was awesome in star trek IMO!
I really liked him, too. He is in the Broken Bells video Holding on for Life, which is a great tune, IMO.
Edit: you are probably right about the Hollywood thing. Kind of like Anne Heche.
Exactly what I was thinking.... The jeep "mysteriously" rolling and crushing him out of the blue was sus to begin with. And now, knowing what I know, it's EXTRA sus...