The Prophet
The Prophet by Michael Koryta is a reprint edition published by Little, Brown on September 29, 2015. This 464-page thriller delves into the dark aftermath of a teenage girl’s murder that haunts a small town and its residents. The story centers on Adam Austin, a bail bondsman who has distanced himself from his brother Kent, a revered high school football coach. As the community grapples with the resurfacing of old wounds, the brothers are drawn together when another teenage girl is found murdered, forcing them to confront their shared past and the terror that has returned to their lives.
Readers will find a narrative that intertwines personal tragedy with the suspense of a small-town thriller. The plot explores themes of grief, family dynamics, and the impact of violence on a community, as Adam and Kent must unite to face a killer whose actions threaten to unravel everything they hold dear. With a focus on the emotional and psychological toll of their experiences, this edition of The Prophet presents a gripping exploration of the complexities of brotherhood and the haunting shadows of the past.
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A new thriller from international bestseller Michael Koryta: the killer of a teenage girl terrorizes a small town and reopens decades-old wounds.
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 as a bail bondsman, working so close to the town’s criminal fringes that he sometimes seems a part of them.
Kent Austin is the beloved coach of the local high school football team, a religious man and hero in the community. After years of near misses, Kent’s team has a shot at the state championship, a welcome point of pride in a town that has had its share of hardships.
Just before playoffs begin, the town and the team are thrown into shock when horrifically, impossibly, another teenage girl is found murdered. As details emerge that connect the crime to the Austin brothers, the two must confront their buried rage and grief-and unite to stop a killer.
Michael Koryta, widely hailed as one of the most exciting young thriller authors at work today, has written his greatest novel ever-an emotionally harrowing, unstoppably suspenseful novel that Donald Ray Pollock has called “one of the sharpest and superbly plotted crime novels I’ve read in my life.”
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