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Prophet
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 24 August 2023
- Run Time
- 17 hours 2 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Science fiction, Technothriller, Psychological thriller, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives
- Rating
- 4.0 (1 review)
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What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
Daring, surprising and superbly plotted, this is a fresh, thrilling page-turner from a dynamic new duo in genre fiction
Your happiest memory is their deadliest weapon.
THIS IS PROPHET.
It knows when you were happiest. It gives life to your fondest memories and uses them to destroy you. But who has created it? And what do they want?
An all-American diner appears overnight in a remote British field. It's brightly lit, warm and inviting but it has no power, no water, no connection to the real world. It's like a memory made flesh - a nostalgic flight of fancy. More and more objects materialise: toys, fairground rides, pets and other treasured mementos of the past.
And the deaths quickly follow.
Something is bringing these memories to life, then stifling innocent people with their own joy. This is a weapon like no other. But nobody knows who created it, or why.
Sunil Rao seems a surprising choice of investigator. Chaotic and unpredictable, the former agent is the antithesis of his partner Colonel Adam Rubenstein, the model of a military man. But Sunil has the unique ability to distinguish truth from lies: in objects, words and people, in the past and in real time. And Adam is the only one who truly knows him, after a troubled past together. Now, as they battle this strange new reality, they are drawn closer than ever to defend what they both hold most dear.
For Prophet can weaponise the past. But only love will protect the future.
©2023 Helen Macdonald & Sin Blaché (P)2023 Penguin Audio
Critics Review
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Prophet is a blast
Sunday Times
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A thrilling dystopian novel
TIME
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Bold, brilliant. Prophet is hypnotically enthralling, frightening, fearless, funny and full of heart. I loved it
Chris Whitaker, author of We Begin at the End
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You are in for a treat… If you like shows such as Twin Peaks, Stranger Things and Lost you will no doubt like this
Scotsman
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A queer sci-fi and espionage thriller that asks what would happen if our happiest memories could be weaponised against us...
Attitude
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Skilfully constructed, its authors deploying the grammar of science fiction with ease and achieving moments of grim humour as well as horror
Times Literary Supplement
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Prophet promises to bring back everything you lost and now yearn for... Proper science fiction - self-aware, funny, ruthlessly propulsive, full of invention... I loved it
M. John Harrison, author of The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again
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A fast-paced techno thriller... High-octane... The novel is immense fun, a work of exceptional storytelling skill and stylistic panache
Guardian
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A madcap sci-fi romp, which combines a bananas plot with some very touching writing on grief, nostalgia and love
New Statesman, *Books of the Year*
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Prophet is a sui generis and rather wonderful collaboration between Helen MacDonald and Sin Blaché
New York Times
User Reviews
Book 4.0
Narration 3.0
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4.0 3.0
Interesting book.
Narration was a bit uneven, with inconsistencies in tone of recording.robinh 2024-07-25
Details
- Author
- Helen Macdonald and Sin Blaché
- Narrator
- Jake Fairbrother, Ryan Forde Iosco, Charlotte Davey
- Duration
- 17 hours 2 minutes
- Release Date
- 24 August 2023
- ISBN
- 9781529904734
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Science fiction, Technothriller, Psychological thriller, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives
- Rating
- 4.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 3.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.Daring, surprising and superbly plotted, this is a fresh, thrilling page-turner from a dynamic new duo in genre fiction Your happiest memory is their deadliest weapon.THIS IS PROPHET.It knows when you were happiest. It gives life to your fondest memories and uses them to destroy you. But who has created it? And what do they want?An all-American diner appears overnight in a remote British field. It's brightly lit, warm and inviting but it has no power, no water, no connection to the real world. It's like a memory made flesh - a nostalgic flight of fancy. More and more objects materialise: toys, fairground rides, pets and other treasured mementos of the past.And the deaths quickly follow.Something is bringing these memories to life, then stifling innocent people with their own joy. This is a weapon like no other. But nobody knows who created it, or why.Sunil Rao seems a surprising choice of investigator. Chaotic and unpredictable, the former agent is the antithesis of his partner Colonel Adam Rubenstein, the model of a military man. But Sunil has the unique ability to distinguish truth from lies: in objects, words and people, in the past and in real time. And Adam is the only one who truly knows him, after a troubled past together. Now, as they battle this strange new reality, they are drawn closer than ever to defend what they both hold most dear.For Prophet can weaponise the past. But only love will protect the future.©2023 Helen Macdonald & Sin Blaché (P)2023 Penguin Audio
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