The Prophet

By: Michael Koryta

Narrated by: Robert Petkoff

Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins

Publisher's summary

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. When details emerge that connect the crime to the Austin brothers, the two are forced to unite to stop a killer - and to confront their buried rage and grief before history repeats itself again.

Michael 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".

©2012 Michael Koryta (P)2012 Hachette Audio

You cannot guess what's next.

Amazing book and the characters are amazing. You will not want to stop listening to this book.

Again with the Private Detective and the Snakes

The story started out great...creepy and spooky.

It lost it's suspense as it went along. The ending was predictable.

The narrator made a main character, Adam, sound like Dirty Harry...not good. And please, discourage male narrators from imitating female voices!!

calling all football fans

unless you're into the techniques of football, play by play, skip this one! huge bore!

Great twists and turns--

What made the experience of listening to The Prophet the most enjoyable?

This is a well constructed plot-- very engaging.

What did you like best about this story?

Good display of the driving power of guilt.

What does Robert Petkoff bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Different voices for different characters-- consistent with their development.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

There were times that was true.

love his work

I knew this author lived near me from a local magazine years ago. I just started listening to his work in the last month, excellent stories! So glad I have many more to enjoy! so much fun to recognize local landmarks and people (coach Bless). Loved the mention of Tyler Abel, that young man does amazing work on and off the field! great read, I highly recommend!

High School Football and Murder

Separate story lines, both fascinating, and told in compelling fashion. I was unfamiliar with the author, but listened to this on the recommendation of another mystery writer. The book is surprising and intriguing, and very well narrated by Robert Petkoff.

Great story with great depth

I loved this story! Really well written and engaging throughout. I read the reviews about too much football - but I have always appreciated the parallels we encounter in sports and in life. The story is also narrated very well. Completely pleased with this listen!

Don't worry Mel - Everyone did click no

Here we are.. A good review!!!!! I may have stretched the 5 star rating out a bit - But it absolutely fluctuated between a 4 and a 5 throughout the book. If I compare it to the absolute crap I've come across lately - Then its a 5.

What to say - What to say... First - This book did have a lot of football talk > But not 90% as some (Mel) would lead you to believe. It was maybe 40% - 50% > but a lot of it was philosophical lessons and the characters in the story-line were part of the murder mystery, so there was a reason for it to be there. You don't have to be a football person to like or understand the small parts that were actually about football.

This was easily the best book I've listened to by Michael Koryta ... Better by a lot than "Those that wish me dead" and a billion times better than "The Ridge" > In my humble opinion. I'm tired of ridiculously unbelievable plot lines of mobs and ghosts.

This ending was great!!!!!!!!!! Not at all what I expected and I loved that.... I sit on the couch at night and guess the ending correctly 85% of the time in the who don-it shows. This book built up in speed as it went along, and ended with a powerful punch.

I found myself pushing the wrong button when it was done and started listening again.

The narrator was really good. He rocked this book... Better than that Brick guy...

For what its worth.................. J

Another good work by Koryta!

This is my second book by Koryta, and it only took 3 weeks to get through both of them. Those Who Wish Me Dead is slightly better than The Prophet, but I greatly enjoyed both. Koryta has an uncanny ability to make his readers care deeply for the characters he creates. (I won't give away the spoiler, but I was reading user reviews before I bought this book and saw a major spoiler! the book sounded so good though that I still ended up buying it! At various points in the book, even knowing at least something that was big was coming, I found myself engrossed in the story and even forgetting I had read the spoiler to begin with. That's a testimony to the great writing and engaging story Koryta has crafted!

Robert Petkoff is a fantastic narrator, also! probably my favorite narrator I've experienced on Audible!

Author reaches deeply into the human mind

I have just begun to follow Mr. Koryitas books and so glad I. happened on his. novels He is gifted. and writes with
such an understanding of human. nature. and leads. the reader. almost. immediately. into. the. story. His characters. are. beautifully. developed. and. so. relatable, you. feel. you know. and. care about. them. I can hardly. wait to. begin. his. next. novel. I. would add that Mr Petkoff is an exceptional narrator.