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The Oracle Year
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Has anyone else finished reading this one? I felt like it started out strong and then fizzled out at the end.
Agreed. I really enjoyed the premise and the possibilities...but it was just ok in the end.
agreed. i cannot recommend it as i think it was trying too hard to be several different things but not really committing to anything in particular. it just seemed kind of a mess that's more of a thriller than anything.
Evonne wrote: "agreed. i cannot recommend it as i think it was trying too hard to be several different things but not really committing to anything in particular. it just seemed kind of a mess that's more of a th..."A mess is a perfect description of this story.
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. 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. 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.
Delivering 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 readers on a rollicking ride where it's impossible to predict what will happen next.
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