The Oracle Year

The Oracle Year by Charles Soule

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Musician Will Dando wakes up from a dream with 108 prophecies in his head: all of which are true.

With the help of a friend and the services of some dark web internet savvy individuals, Will sets up a Website (“the Site”) where he takes questions from users, and calls himself The Oracle. He keeps his identity and location a secret from the world at large…which becomes extremely interested in using his services, for which he charges an exorbitant amount of money.

But Will’s gift will turn out to have some serious consequences from the less scrupulous forces on the planet, as well as the US Government (I know, I know, sometimes those are both one and the same), who wish to exploit Will’s prophecies and manipulate the world to their own benefit.
I don’t really want to go too deep into this because I don’t want to give anything away. It’s really good, while not shying away from the obviously complicated questions that this gift would bring up. But I’ll let you pick it up and work it out for yourself.

This is a wildly entertaining book from 1st time novelist Charles Soule, who previously had come from the world of comic book writing. And you can tell how that medium has seeped into his fiction writing, as Soule really knows how to keep a story moving from scene to scene, with very little lag or down time. I haven’t read a book this quickly in a while (and it’s almost 400 pages, set a few years in the future and divided into the 4 seasons of the year). And just when you think you have it figured out, he puts another twist in things to keep it moving.

This is one of the best books I’ve read this year, I would definitely be game for a follow up.






View all my reviews