Prophet A Novel
Prophet, a novel by Helen Macdonald and Sin Blaché, is published by Grove Atlantic in 2023 and spans 468 pages. This debut work combines elements of noir and science fiction, featuring a narrative that intertwines action and adventure with a slow-burn queer romance. The story follows Adam Rubenstein, an American Intelligence officer, and Sunil Rao, an ex-MI6 agent, as they investigate a mysterious death linked to an American diner that appears in a foggy field in the UK.
Readers will find themselves immersed in a surreal quest that takes the protagonists from secret laboratories in Colorado to the remote Nevada desert. As Adam and Rao delve deeper into their investigation, they uncover a sinister force known as Prophet, which weaponizes people’s cherished memories against them. The narrative explores themes of corporate corruption and the complexities of their relationship, all while presenting a unique blend of genres that challenges conventional storytelling.
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NOSTALGIA HAS NEVER BEEN MORE DEADLY
“A crackling, shape-shifting romp with big ideas and a bigger heart . . . A delight.” — C Pam Zhang
From the extraordinary minds of award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author of H Is for Hawk Helen Macdonald and first time author Sin Blaché, Prophet is their electric debut, a tantalizing adventure fusing noir, sci-fi and a slow burn queer romance–set in a universe just one perilous step from our own.
Adam Rubenstein and Sunil Rao have been reluctant partners since their Uzbekistan days. Adam is a seemingly unflappable American Intelligence officer and Rao is an ex-MI6 agent, an addict and rudderless pleasure hound, with the uncanny ability to discern the truth of things–about everyone and everything other than Adam. When an American diner turns up in a foggy field in the UK after a mysterious death, Adam and Rao are called in to investigate, setting into motion the most dangerous and otherworldly mission of their lives.
In a surreal, action-packed quest that takes Adam and Rao from secret laboratories in Colorado, to a luxury lodge in Aspen, to the remote Nevada desert, the pair begins to uncover how and why people’s fondest memories are being weaponized against them by a spooky, ever-shifting substance called Prophet. As the unlikely twosome battles this strange new reality, Prophet’s victims’ memories are materializing in increasingly bizarre forms: favorite games, beloved pets, fairground rides, each more malevolent than the next. Prophet is like no enemy Adam and Rao – or the world – have ever come up against.
A tension-shot odd-couple romance, an unflinching send-up of corporate corruption, and a genre-bending tour de force, Prophet is a triumph of storytelling by a new writing duo with a thrilling future.
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