'Friday Night Lights meets In Cold Blood in this powerful tale ... This book succeeds on any number of levels. It's a brilliantly paced thriller that keeps its villains at a tantalizing distance, a compelling family portrait, a study in morality that goes beyond the usual black-and-white judgments, and an entertaining spin on classic football fiction. A flawless performance.' -- Kirkus Starred Review 'Michael Koryta is one of the most exciting new voices in crime fiction.' -- Mail on Sunday 'Koryta is one of the best of the best' -- Michael Connelly '[Koryta] possesses an unusual gift - the ability to write a sure-fire bestseller.' -- News of the World 'On my must-read list.' -- Dean Koontz 'Michael Koryta is one of our new dynamos in the world of books ... [he's] becoming a wonder we'll appreciate for a long time.' -- Daniel Woodrell 'Michael Koryta is a name that is growing in stature with each new novel he releases.' -- Huffington Post 'THE PROPHET is a relentless, heart-in-your-throat thriller about ordinary people caught in the middle of an extraordinary nightmare. It's about the sins of the past haunting the hopes of the present and the need to find redemption from the jury of your own conscience. It's also ... irrefutable proof that [Koryta] has enough game to one day be considered a master of the genre.' -- Dennis Lehane

Michael Koryta's novels have won the LA Times Book Prize and the Great Lakes Book Award and been nominated for the Edgar, Shamus, Quill and Barry awards. A former private investigator and newspaper reporter, he published his first novel at the age of 21. His work has been translated into 20 languages. A former private investigator and newspaper reporter, Koryta lives in Bloomington, Indiana, and St. Petersburg, Florida.