Prophet Song

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A gripping tale of a mother caught in the chaos as Ireland descends into totalitarian rule. Paul Lynch’s Prophet Song explores the harrowing choices she must make to protect her family.

A powerful story of survival and resistance amid political collapse.

Paul Lynch’s Prophet Song, the Sunday Times bestseller and Booker Prize 2023 winner, is a stunning literary event. On a stormy night in Dublin, Eilish Stack, a scientist and mother of four, is confronted by officers from Ireland's new secret police, the GNSB, who come to question her husband, a trade unionist. As the government shifts toward tyranny, Ireland unravels, and when her husband vanishes, Eilish is thrust into a terrifying world governed by fear and oppression.

Faced with impossible decisions, she must navigate the nightmare of a society falling apart. How far will she go to keep her family safe? And what will she have to sacrifice along the way?

Prophet Song is a breathtakingly original novel-both exhilarating and chilling-that paints a vivid picture of a nation at war and a mother’s fierce determination to hold her family together.

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