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  • Published: 26 June 2013
  • ISBN: 9781405910309
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 464
  • RRP: $26.00

Prophet of Bones




An ancient discovery. A hidden past. A deadly conspiracy to bury the truth.

He was told he was the only one. Brilliant young anthropologist Paul Carlsson is asked to examine a cache of bones found on a remote jungle island. But fascination soon turns to fear.

Waiting for him is a secret that, if made public, will turn scientific and religious orthodoxy on its head. Too many have too much to lose.

Against the odds, Carlsson is alone and on the run, determined to reveal the discovery to a world steeped in secrecy. A world which, it's been proven, is only 5,800 years old...

  • Published: 26 June 2013
  • ISBN: 9781405910309
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 464
  • RRP: $26.00

About the author

Ted Kosmatka

Ted Kosmatka was born and raised in northwest Indiana and spent more than a decade working in various laboratories there before moving to the Pacific Northwest. His short fiction has been nominated for both the Nebula Award and the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award. He now works in the videogame industry where he’s a full-time writer at Valve, home of Half-Life, Portal and Dota 2.

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Praise for Prophet of Bones

A masterwork of intrigue and menace. I was enthralled.

Clive Cussler

Combines the best of Crichton and Koontz

Publishers Weekly

A hell of a storyteller . . . one of those increasingly rare novels that immediately takes you on a journey into the world of the author's wondrous imagination . . . truly hard to put down.

Nelson DeMille

Gripping, dark, and well written . . . this is a compelling juggernaut of a read.

Library Journal