Helen MacDonald

From the extraordinary minds of award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author of H Is for Hawk Helen Macdonald and first time author Sin Blach , Prophet is their electric debut, a tantalizing adventure fusing noir, sci-fi and a slow burn queer romance--set in a universe just one perilous step from our own. Adam Rubenstein and Sunil Rao have been reluctant partners since their Uzbekistan days. Adam is a seemingly unflappable American Intelligence officer and Rao is an ex-MI6 agent, an addict and rudderless pleasure hound, with the uncanny ability to discern the truth of things--about everyone and everything other than Adam. When an American diner turns up in a foggy field in the UK after a mysterious death, Adam and Rao are called in to investigate, setting into motion the most dangerous and otherworldly mission of their lives. In a surreal, action-packed quest that takes Adam and Rao from secret laboratories in Colorado, to a luxury lodge in Aspen, to the remote Nevada desert, the pair begins to uncover how and why people's fondest memories are being weaponized against them by a spooky, ever-shifting substance called Prophet. As the unlikely twosome battles this strange new reality, Prophet's victims' memories are materializing in increasingly bizarre forms: favorite games, beloved pets, fairground rides, each more malevolent than the next. Prophet is like no enemy Adam and Rao - or the world - have ever come up against. A tension-shot odd-couple romance, an unflinching send-up of corporate corruption, and a genre-bending tour de force, Prophet is a triumph of storytelling by a new writing duo with a thrilling future.

Le premiade autore de H de halc n y le escritore revelaci n Sin Blach coescriben «un aut ntico page-turner (Neil Gaiman) de «imaginaci n desbordante y brillante ejecuci n (Booklist) que ha sido proclamado como uno de los mejores libros del a o seg n Time, Literary Hub, ShelfAwareness, Book Riot, BookPage, entre otros. «Est s de enhorabuena. Si te gustan Twin Peaks, Stranger Things o Lost, sin duda te encantar esta novela .-Stuart Kelly, The Scotsman Nadie sabe qu es Prophet, pero su poder es evidente: conoce tus secretos m s profundos y da vida a tus recuerdos m s ntimos. Esta misteriosa y cambiante sustancia ha sido creada por una organizaci n internacional para controlar a la poblaci n: una sola inyecci n induce un trance mortal del que ya no se puede salir. La memoria personal es ahora un arma mort fera. Adam y Rao, dos exagentes especiales, se lanzan a la caza de Prophet en un viaje que los llevar del secretismo de laboratorios militares a adentrarse en la Am rica m s opulenta, en el desolador desierto de Nevada y, finalmente, en sus propios recuerdos, donde reside la clave para ponerle freno. Una emocionante exploraci n del poder de la nostalgia, la identidad y el amor que trasciende todos los g neros. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION From the extraordinary minds of award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author of H Is for Hawk, Helen Macdonald and first-time author Sin Blach , Prophet is their electric debut, a tantalizing adventure fusing noir, sci-fi and a slow burn queer romance―set in a universe just one perilous step from our own. Adam Rubenstein and Sunil Rao have been reluctant partners since their Uzbekistan days. Adam is a seemingly unflappable American Intelligence officer and Rao is an ex-MI6 agent, an addict and rudderless pleasure hound, with the uncanny ability to discern the truth of things―about everyone and everything other than Adam. When an American diner turns up in a foggy field in the UK after a mysterious death, Adam and Rao are called in to investigate, setting into motion the most dangerous and otherworldly mission of their lives. In a surreal, action-packed quest that takes Adam and Rao from secret laboratories in Colorado, to a luxury lodge in Aspen, to the remote Nevada desert, the pair begins to uncover how and why people's fondest memories are being weaponized against them by a spooky, ever-shifting substance called Prophet. As the unlikely twosome battles this strange new reality, Prophet's victims' memories are materializing in increasingly bizarre forms: favorite games, beloved pets, fairground rides, each more malevolent than the next. Prophet is like no enemy Adam and Rao - or the world - have ever come up against. A tension-shot odd-couple romance, an unflinching send-up of corporate corruption, and a genre-bending tour de force, Prophet is a triumph of storytelling by a new writing duo with a thrilling future.

This book unravels the institutions surrounding witchcraft in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh through theoretical and empirical research on witchcraft, violence and modernity in contemporary times. The author pieces together ‘fragments’ of stories gathered utilising ethnographic methods to examine the meanings associated with witches and witchcraft, and how they connect with social relations, gender, notions of agency, law, media and the state.The volume uses the metaphor of the shattered urn to tell the story of the accusations, punishment, rescue and the aftermath of the events of the trial of women accused of being witches. It situates the ?onhi or witch as a key elaborating symbol that orders behaviour to determine who the socially included and excluded are in communities. Through the personal interviews and other ethnographic methods conducted over the course of many years, the author delves into the stories and practices related to witchcraft, its relations with modernity, and the relationship between violence and ideological norms in society.Insightful and detailed, this book will be of great interest to academics and researchers of anthropology, development studies, sociology, history, violence, gender studies, tribal studies and psychology. It will also be useful for readers in both historic and contemporary witchcraft practices as well as policy makers.

YOUR HAPPIEST MEMORY IS THEIR DEADLIEST WEAPON.This is Prophet. It knows when you were happiest. It gives life to your fondest memories and uses them to destroy you. But who has created it? And what do they want?'Present day science fiction that feels like the best sort of spy novel' NEIL GAIMANAn all-American diner appears overnight in a remote British field. It's brightly lit, warm and inviting but it has no power, no water, no connection to the real world. It's like a memory made flesh - a nostalgic flight of fancy. More and more objects materialise: toys, fairground rides, pets and other treasured mementos of the past.And the deaths quickly follow.Something is bringing these memories to life, then stifling innocent people with their own joy. This is a weapon like no other. But nobody knows who created it, or why.Sunil Rao seems a surprising choice of investigator. Chaotic and unpredictable, the former agent is the antithesis of his partner Colonel Adam Rubenstein, the model of a military man. But Sunil has the unique ability to distinguish truth from lies: in objects, words and people, in the past and in real time. And Adam is the only one who truly knows him, after a troubled past together. Now, as they battle this strange new reality, they are drawn closer than ever to defend what they both hold most dear.For Prophet can weaponise the past. But only love will protect the future.

YOUR HAPPIEST MEMORY IS THEIR DEADLIEST WEAPON.‘Fabulous... Present-day science fiction that feels like the best sort of spy novel’ NEIL GAIMAN, author of CoralineThis is Prophet. It knows when you were happiest. It gives life to your fondest memories and uses them to destroy you...An all-American diner appears overnight in a remote British field. And the deaths quickly follow. A weapon like no other - Prophet - is targeting innocent people. But nobody knows who created it, or why.Sunil Rao seems a surprising choice of investigator. Chaotic and unpredictable, the former agent is the antithesis of his partner Lieutenant Colonel Adam Rubenstein, the model of a military man. But Sunil has the unique ability to distinguish truth from lies in objects, words and people, in the past and in real time. And Adam is the only one who truly knows him, after a troubled past together. Now, as they battle this strange new reality, they are drawn closer than ever to defend what they both hold most dear.Prophet can weaponise the past. But only love will protect the future.‘Prophet is a blast’SUNDAY TIMES‘A thrilling dystopian novel’TIME***A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR***

From the extraordinary minds of award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author of H Is for Hawk Helen Macdonald and first time author Sin Blach , Prophet is their electric debut, a tantalizing adventure fusing noir, sci-fi and a slow burn romance--set in a universe just one perilous step from our own.Adam Rubenstein and Sunil Rao have been reluctant partners since their Uzbekistan days. Adam is a seemingly unflappable American Intelligence officer and Rao is an ex-MI6 agent, an addict and rudderless pleasure hound, with the uncanny ability to discern the truth of things--about everyone and everything other than Adam. When an American diner turns up in a foggy field in the UK after a mysterious death, Adam and Rao are called in to investigate, setting into motion the most dangerous and otherworldly mission of their lives.In a surreal, action-packed quest that takes Adam and Rao from secret laboratories in Colorado, to a luxury lodge in Aspen, to the remote Nevada desert, the pair begins to uncover how and why people's fondest memories are being weaponized against them by a spooky, ever-shifting substance called Prophet. As the unlikely twosome battles this strange new reality, Prophet's victims' memories are materializing in increasingly bizarre forms: favorite games, beloved pets, fairground rides, each more malevolent than the next. Prophet is like no enemy Adam and Rao - or the world - have ever come up against.A tension-shot odd-couple romance, an unflinching send-up of corporate corruption, and a genre-bending tour de force, Prophet is a triumph of storytelling by a new writing duo with a thrilling future.

"Djur finns inte för att lära oss saker, men det är vad de alltid gjort. Men allra mest lär de oss vad vi vet om oss själva."Helen Macdonald erövrade världen med sin originella H som i hök, en gripande berättelse om en ung kvinna som tillbringar ett sorgens år i skogen tillsammans med en hök. Boken har belönats med många priser och blivit en bästsäljare världen över.I Aftonflykter skildrar Helen Macdonald djurens och människans skilda världar. Vi blir påminda om att vi är långt ifrån ensamma på vår planet; naturen är en oerhört rik värld, som vi knappt vet något om.Aftonflykter är en inspirerande bok om hur vi med djurens hjälp kan förstå mer om oss själva. Gripande och rakt, personligt och politiskt, visar Helen Macdonald att hon är en av världens bästa naturskildrare idag.En lättillgänglig och välskriven bok med drabbande aktualitet."En av de märkvärdigaste böcker jag har läst."Ingalill Mosander om H som i hök, Go´kväll, SVT

Unik och fascinerande självbiografi om att sörja en bortgången far och att försonas med döden genom att tämja en av naturens mest okuvliga skapelser, duvhöken. Det är en djupt känslomässig berättelse om djur och människa, ensamhet och gemenskap, civilisation och vildmark, liv och död.Som barn drömde Helen Macdonald om att bli falkenerare. Det var ett intresse hon delade med sin far och tillsammans lärde de sig allt om den medeltida konsten att tämja rovfåglar för jakt. Flera år senare, när hennes far dör och hon nästan förgås av sorg, blir Helen besatt av idén att tämja den vildaste och mest skrämmande av alla rovfåglar: duvhöken.För åttahundra pund köper hon höken Mabel i en blåsig hamnby i Skottland. Det är en mäktig och skräckinjagande varelse med stora och outgrundliga ögon. Väl hemma i Cambridge fyller hon frysen med hökmat, stänger av mobiltelefonen och påbörjar en resa som hon inte har någon aning om vart den ska sluta.Och medan fågeln långsamt lär sig att lyda, lär sig Helen att bli fri från sin sorg.

Palkitun H niin kuin haukan jälkeen Helen Macdonald valloittaa monipuolisella esseekokoelmalla, joka herättelee havainnoimaan ja ymmärtämään luontoa, ja samalla itseämme. Iltalentoja vie sienestämään, rengastamaan Thamesin joutsenia ja seuraamaan lintujen iltalentoja korkeuksissa Empire State Buildingin katolta. Tosiasiat tunnustavan ja empaattisen ajattelijan tekstit avaavat elävien lajien kiehtovaa maailmaa ja tämän hetken tärkeimpiä aiheita: ilmastonmuutosta, lajikatoa ja sen seurauksia. Heti ilmestyttyään englanniksi Iltalentoja nousi NY Timesin bestseller-listoille, ja se valittiin Time Magazinessa kymmenen parhaan tietokirjan joukkoon vuodelta 2020."Iltalentojen loistava ilmaisu vahvistaa Macdonaldin asemaa yhtenä aikamme suurista luontokirjailijoista, ja soivana surun äänenä ilmastonmuutoksen hävitysten äärellä. Lue lumoutuaksesi, lue varoituksena." - Time Magazine

Animals don't exist in order to teach us things, but that is what they have always done, and most of what they teach us is what we think we know about ourselves. In Vesper Flights Helen Macdonald brings together a collection of her best loved essays, along with new pieces on topics ranging from nostalgia for a vanishing countryside to the tribulations of farming ostriches to her own private vespers while trying to fall asleep. Meditating on notions of captivity and freedom, immigration and flight, Helen invites us into her most intimate experiences: observing the massive migration of songbirds from the top of the Empire State Building, watching tens of thousands of cranes in Hungary, seeking the last golden orioles in Suffolk's poplar forests. She writes with heart-tugging clarity about wild boar, swifts, mushroom hunting, migraines, the strangeness of birds' nests, and the unexpected guidance and comfort we find when watching wildlife. By one of this century's most important and insightful nature writers, Vesper Flights is a captivating and foundational book about observation, fascination, time, memory, love and loss and how we make sense of the world around us.

This book unravels the institutions surrounding witchcraft in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh through theoretical and empirical research on witchcraft, violence and modernity in contemporary times. The author pieces together ‘fragments’ of stories gathered utilising ethnographic methods to examine the meanings associated with witches and witchcraft, and how they connect with social relations, gender, notions of agency, law, media and the state.The volume uses the metaphor of the shattered urn to tell the story of the accusations, punishment, rescue and the aftermath of the events of the trial of women accused of being witches. It situates the ?onhi or witch as a key elaborating symbol that orders behaviour to determine who the socially included and excluded are in communities. Through the personal interviews and other ethnographic methods conducted over the course of many years, the author delves into the stories and practices related to witchcraft, its relations with modernity, and the relationship between violence and ideological norms in society.Insightful and detailed, this book will be of great interest to academics and researchers of anthropology, development studies, sociology, history, violence, gender studies, tribal studies and psychology. It will also be useful for readers in both historic and contemporary witchcraft practices as well as policy makers.

Animals don't exist in order to teach us things, but that is what they have always done, and most of what they teach us is what we think we know about ourselves.In Vesper Flights Helen Macdonald brings together a collection of her best loved essays, along with new pieces on topics ranging from nostalgia for a vanishing countryside to the tribulations of farming ostriches to her own private vespers while trying to fall asleep.Meditating on notions of captivity and freedom, immigration and flight, Helen invites us into her most intimate experiences: observing the massive migration of songbirds from the top of the Empire State Building, watching tens of thousands of cranes in Hungary, seeking the last golden orioles in Suffolk's poplar forests. She writes with heart-tugging clarity about wild boar, swifts, mushroom hunting, migraines, the strangeness of birds' nests, and the unexpected guidance and comfort we find when watching wildlife.By one of this century's most important and insightful nature writers, Vesper Flights is a captivating and foundational book about observation, fascination, time, memory, love and loss and how we make sense of the world around us.