The Prophet by Michael KorytaMichael Koryta, long hailed as one of the best young thriller writers at work today, has written his greatest novel ever an emotionally harrowing, unstoppably suspenseful novel that proves why Michael Connelly has named him "one of the best of the best." Adam Austin hasn't spoken to his brother in years. When they were teenagers, their sister was abducted and murdered, and their devastated family never recovered. Now Adam keeps to himself, scraping by

both of them face the world alone

most importantly

In the wake of her father’s sudden death

"The Konkatsu Killer"

Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees

a sickly weakling in a town famous for producing brutish giants

with nothing but two corpses for company

friend of Cheshire cats and untimely rabbits

she finds her new home at the Tolbooth Book Store is full of curious surprises: some welcome

wordless adventure story featuring two friends and their magical markers

Authors as wide-ranging as Norman Mailer

this is a story of hope and the life-changing power of a new beginning