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<p><b>'Fabulous . . . Present-day science fiction that feels like the best sort of spy novel' NEIL GAIMAN</b> <p><b>YOUR HAPPIEST MEMORY IS THEIR DEADLIEST WEAPON.</b> <p><b>This is Prophet. It knows when you were happiest. It gives life to your fondest memories and uses them to destroy you . . .</b> <p>An all-American diner appears overnight in a remote British field. And the deaths quickly follow. A weapon like no other - Prophet - is targeting innocent people. But nobody knows who created it, or why. </p><p>Sunil Rao seems a surprising choice of investigator. Chaotic and unpredictable, the former agent is the antithesis of his partner Lieutenant Colonel Adam Rubenstein, the model of a military man. But Sunil has the unique ability to distinguish truth from lies: in objects, words and people, in the past and in real time. And Adam is the only one who truly knows him, after a troubled past together. Now, as they battle this strange new reality, they are drawn closer than ever to defend what they both hold most dear. <p>Prophet can weaponise the past. But only love will protect the future. <p><b>'Brilliant . . . hypnotically enthralling . . . funny and full of heart' Chris Whitaker, author of <i>We Begin at the End</i></b> <p><b>'A genre-blending SF fantasy thriller about the weaponisation of nostalgia' <i>Guardian</i></b> <p><b>'Ruthlessly propulsive, full of invention . . . I loved it' M John Harrison, author of <i>Wish I Was Here</i></b> </p>