[1] After leaving the monastery in the previous book, Odd found a place to stay in Magic Beach with a retired actor, Lawrence Hutchison, Hutch to his friends.

After being assaulted and nearly killed by a large man with two henchmen in tow, Odd is separated from Annamaria, though he uses his psychic magnetism to find her.

The sheriff, a man who seems to have many personalities, 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.

While the sheriff is setting up a transaction to buy his loyalty Odd manages to enrage the spirit of Frank Sinatra, who began accompanying him after the departure of Elvis.

The rage caused by his spirit creates a violent whirlwind, and in the confusion Odd is able to escape from the police department.

Odd is able to dispatch the remaining crew, including the large man from the pier, in order to secure the ship and its dangerous cargo.

Odd then takes a moment to contact the Department of Homeland Security to advise them where they could find the triggers he removed from the nuclear devices.