The Prophet (2012) (edit title/settings)

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• Kent Austin: high school football coach.
• Adam Austin: bail bondsman and private investigator
• Marie Lynn Austin: Kent and Adam's sister.
• Beth Austin: Kent's wife.
• Stan Salter: police officer.
• Chelsea Salinas: Girlfriend of Adam Austin
• Lorell McCoy: Add a description of this character.
• Penny Gootee
• Hank Austin
• Walter Ward
• Jason Harper
• Beth 's
• Scott Bless
• Christine
• Jason Bond
• Ty Hampton
• Zane
• Damon Ritter
• Justin Payne
• Rob Sonnefeld
• Matt Byers
• Robert Dean
• Andrew
• Robin Mears
• Davey
• Rodney Bova
• Shepherd
• Gideon Pearce
• Colin Mears
• Travis Leonard
• Eleanor Ruzich
• Clayton Sipes
• Rachel Bond
• Bob Hackett
• Steve Haskins
• Pete Underwood
• Jerry Norris
• Dan Grissom
• Rick Tieken
• Lisa
• Tater Phillips

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• “The cat would simply settle down into the grass beside a dusting of fallen sunflower seeds and wait. And, with fail, the birds would return. Even though they could see the cat, its lack of motion reassured them, convinced them that they were safe. The cat never reacted to those first birds. The cat would wait, and watch, and eventually they'd become so confident in their safety that one would come just near enough and then there would be a blinding strike, and those around the victim would scatter.”

• “Two things were flourishing in Chambers of late: high school football and bail bonds.”

• “Adam did not view himself as any part of the criminal defense side of the spectrum. He viewed himself as a free-world jailer.”

• “The entire bail process was uniquely American. There were only two countries in the world that allowed a private businessman to pay to secure a prisoner's release -- America and the Philippines. Criticism of the idea lay in the fact that defendants paid a non-refundable sum to get out of jail, presenting an unfair burden on the innocent. Adam wasn't interested, and never had been, in the moral merits of this profession. What he was interested in was the promise made with every bond he posted: he's see that his wards faced their day in court.”

• “He was struck by the frequency of that -- hands on the arm, pats on the back, awkward embraces. Seeking some contact with the tragedy, but minimal, of course. Minimal. As if somehow that offered a vaccination. If they got just the right amount of contact, incubated just the right amount of terror and horror into their own hearts, they'd be protected.”

• “It's hard to stay away from thoughts, Kent. They have a way of chasing you down, you know? It's awfully hard to relocate from you own mind.”

  Adam Austin

• “There are different layers of honesty -- the truth of what you said and the truth of what was in your heart when you spoke the words. They did not always share a path.”

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Chambers, Ohio

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Michael Koryta (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Bloomington High School North football program and Coach Scott Bliss

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• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Thrillers
• Books › Literature & Fiction

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