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, or books like This Book Is Full of Spiders
and Welcome to Night Vale.
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
selectively announce 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
simply survive, elude exposure, and protect those he loves long enough
to use his knowledge to save the world.
Delivering fast-paced adventure on a global scale as well as
sharp-witted satire on our concepts of power and faith, Marvel writer
Charles Soule's audacious debut novel takes readers on a rollicking ride
where it's impossible to predict what will happen next.
