Michael Koryta: The Prophet

“You’ll come?”

“Like I’ve got no sense at all.”

“Pardon?”

“Nothing. I’ll see you in a bit.”

“Thank you, Lincoln.”

We hung up again, and, after a few minutes of swearing at myself, I got up and walked out the door.

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The Ridge

The Cypress House

So Cold the River

The Silent Hour

Envy the Night

A Welcome Grave

Sorrow’s Anthem

Tonight I Said Goodbye

Copyright

The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.

Copyright © 2012 by Michael Koryta

Cover design by Ploy Siripant; photograph © Doug Steley A / Alamy

Author photograph by Wout Jan Balhuizen

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Excerpt of The Ridge © copyright 2011 by Michael Koryta

Excerpt of A Welcome Grave © copyright 2007 by Michael Koryta

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