The oracle year a novel: novel

✍ Scribed by Charles Soule

• Publisher: HarperCollins;Harper Perennial
• Year: 2018;2019
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 241 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

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 futureperfect 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 Siteas it's come to be calledand 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 trustincluding a
beautiful journalistit'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.

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Amazon.com Review

An Amazon Best Book of April 2018: If you woke up with 108 predictions in
your head, what would you do? Sell the information to the highest bidder? Give
it away? An ordinary man named Will Dando answers this very question in the
pages of The Oracle Year , the first novel from popular comic book author
Charles Soule. When Dando anonymously posts a few predictions on a site he
dubs The Oracle, its flooded with queries, all of them variations of three
themes: Will I get what I want? How can I get what I want? Why cant I get
what I want. What a self-absorbed society we live in, and Soules novel
prompts us to ask a few pointed questions about our own naval gazing and the
lure of fate versus free will. As for Will Dando, his life is turned upside
down by knowledge he didnt ask for but cant un-know and everyone, from
everyday citizens to hellfire preachers, all the way up to the President of
the United States, wants a piece of him. Just when you think you know whats
going to happen, Soule throws a curveball and thats part of what makes his
characters and storyline believable and provocative. Life is unpredictable,
after all --Seira Wilson, Amazon Book Review

Review

Heres my prediction: this book will seep into your soul. The Oracle Year
is about knowing the futureand what you do with that knowledge. As you meet
Will Dando, you cant help but reevaluate yourself. Get ready for the best
kind of fun. (Brad Meltzer, New York Times bestselling author of The Inner
Circle )

Anyone will enjoy this comically fast-paced tale about Will Dando, who wakes
up one day with 108 wacky and world-shattering predictions. ( Washington
Post )

Soules The Oracle Year is like a sliding puzzle, except every time you
think you can predict what the image will be, new pieces slide into place.
Its a wonderfully mysterious thriller that proves Soule is as much a master
of prose as he is of comic book script. (Chuck Wendig, New York Times
bestselling author of Invasive and Blackbirds )

A thrilling, noodle-bending adventure that keeps readers guessing until the
very end. ( Kirkus )

Wildly entertaining. . . . the relentless pacing, richly developed
characters, and brilliant ending make this apocalyptic speculative thriller an
undeniable page-turner. (Publishers Weekly)

With The Oracle Year , Soule has created something truly special, both a
globe-spanning thriller, and a razor-witted look at the modern human
condition. The Oracle Year is easily one of the best debuts Ive read in
years. (Scott Snyder, New York Times bestselling author of Wytches, Batman,
and A.D.)

Soules background in comics shows in this dark, rollicking tale. (Booklist)

This volatile and unpredictable novel will entertain and keep you guessing
until the very end. (New York Journal of Books)

The Oracle Year has all of the elements of a straight-ahead action
thriller, while exploring faith, politics, and personal responsibility with
heart and a sly, satirical wit straight out of the funny pages. (Barnes &
Noble Sci-Fi Blog)

✦ Subjects

A Novel