“Soule has created something truly special, both a globe-spanning thriller, and a razor-witted look at the modern human condition…Easily one of the best debuts I’ve read in years.” - Scott Snyder, New York Times bestselling author “Soule’s The Oracle Year is like a sliding puzzle…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 The Oracle Year is about knowing the future-and what you do with that knowledge…Get ready for the best kind of fun.” - Brad Meltzer, #1 New York Times bestselling author “Here’s my prediction: this book will seep into your soul.

Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.” “Narrator Charlie Thurston carefully leads the listener down the story’s path with subtle intonations suggesting that our hero is never quite sure he is doing the right thing…This is outstanding work that challenges the listener’s idea of right and wrong. 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.ĭelivering 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 listeners on a rollicking ride where it's impossible to predict what will happen next. 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. 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. In no time, global corporations are offering him millions for exclusive access, eager to profit from his prophecies. 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.

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. 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.

The Oracle Year by Charles Soule