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<b>"[A] thrilling dystopian novel." <i>—TIME</i><br><br>This is Prophet. It knows when you were happiest. It gives life to your fondest memories and uses them to destroy you...</b><br><br>Adam Rubinstein and Sunil Rao have been nemeses and reluctant partners since their Uzbekistan days. Adam is a seemingly unflappable American Intelligence officer; Rao is ex-MI6, an addict and rudderless pleasure-hound with an uncanny ability to discern the truth about anything and anyone—except Adam.<br><br>Adam and Rao have gone their separate ways until they are called back together when a full-sized 1950s American diner shows up in an English farmer's field and a mysterious death ensues. What follows is a reality-twisting, action-filled quest to uncover how and why people’s fondest memories are manifesting in increasingly bizarre and tangible forms and attacking them. Adam and Rao must find a way to stop these malevolent entities—and the spooky substance called Prophet that is behind them—from taking over a world that is just one perilous step from our own.<br><br>A tour-de-force of storytelling that brilliantly blends sci-fi, detective noir, action, and slow-burn queer romance, from the <i>New York Times</i>–bestselling author of <i>H is for Hawk</i>, Helen Macdonald, and the stunning new voice of Sin Blaché.