THE ORACLE YEAR PB
432 pages | paperback |
From bestselling comic-book franchise writer Charles Soule comes a clever and witty first novel of a twentysomething New Yorker who wakes up one morning with the power to predict the future—perfect for fans of Joe Hill and Brad Meltzer.
“Wildly entertaining...the relentless pacing, richly developed characters, and brilliant ending make this apocalyptic speculative thriller an undeniable page-turner.”— Publishers Weekly
Knowledge is power. So when an unassuming Manhattan bassist named Will Dando awakens from a dream one morning with 108 predictions about the future in his head, he rapidly finds himself the most powerful man in the world. Protecting his anonymity by calling himself the Oracle, he sets up a heavily guarded Web site with the help of his friend Hamza to dole out his revelations. In no time, global corporations are offering him millions for exclusive access, eager to profit from his prophecies.
He’s also making a lot of high-powered enemies, from the President of the United States and a nationally prominent televangelist to a warlord with a nuclear missile and an assassin grandmother. Legions of cyber spies are unleashed to hack the Site—as it’s come to be called—and the best manhunters money can buy are deployed not only to unmask the Oracle but to take him out of the game entirely. With only a handful of people he can trust—including a beautiful journalist—it’s all Will can do to survive, elude exposure, and protect those he loves long enough to use his knowledge to save the world.
Staff pick by Miguel:
108 Predictions about the future. No instructions on how to use them. So Will Dando posts them on The Site for the world to see, inviting money, chaos and hatred. Like an ascending tune, Will's story kept me on the edge of my seat with no idea of when that tune would drop. It made me question how far I'd be willing to go for humanity if I was up against something much bigger than myself.
