5/13/2023 0 Comments The Oracle Year by Charles Soule![]() The Oracle Year, Charles Soule‘s debut novel, starts with an incredibly promising premise and, for the most part, that promise is borne out in the rest of the narrative. ![]() ![]() The leaders of the world’s major religions respond with alarm as they see their power and influence waning on a daily basis charlatans and warlords gain followers and prestige by pretending that they are, in fact, the Oracle rallies for and protests against the Oracle turn into destructive riots. But it turns out that telling investment firms about the future cold snap in Florida has infinitely cascading effects, working like a Rube-Goldberg machine or Lorenz’s butterfly to create consequences neither Will nor Hamza could have foreseen. As a less-than-successful musician living in New York City, Will, taking advice from Hamza, his financially-minded best friend, agrees that the next logical step is to monetize the Site. The Site, where Will shares his premonitions as the Oracle, becomes a sensation, sweeping the nation (and the entire world), and soon enough, everyone with a stake in the game wants a piece of the pie. Thoroughly average Will Dando wakes up one morning with 108 predictions in his head that turn out to be true. ![]()
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