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PROPHET MARGIN is a comedy about prophets, charlatans, reality shows, religion, social engineering, and the end of the world.Desperate to save his career, a producer, transforms an unassuming hipster into a celebrity prophet. But when he ignites a volatile mass religious movement he must hustle networks, mobster investors, zealots, and the NSA to keep his reality show alive.Not everything they say about Tommy Knox is true. Sure, Gender Wars was his reality show. Sure, one of the contestants butchered two competitors with an ax in a blind rage. But can you really pin all that on the Executive Producer? Yes, apparently you can. Though technically, he was exonerated. Not one to let a public disemboweling of his character get him down, Tommy is back from producer’s jail to pitch a new show that will change the way people think of reality television forever. Religion. A whole new religion. After conning, extorting, and playing every angle to get a development deal, Tommy sets out to invent a religion from scratch. He finds Nava, an unassuming young hipster from Silverlake, and turns him into an online religious celebrity. Exploiting a bit of television magic, some mind-reading psychic tricks, and the viral rage of Internet culture, Tommy turns Nava into the first Prophet of the digital age. After a brutal showdown with a biggoted preacher, Nava becomes as famous as a Hollywood A-lister. Suddenly sponsors are clamoring to have a piece of the dark horse TV Prophet. However, Nava starts telling layered stories that provoke audiences to turn against the sponsors and their cultural masters. A power struggle ensues when Tommy tries to reign in Nava’s preaching. A radical spiritualist movement sweeps across the country, and ignites a culture war between those who believe in Nava’s miracles and those who dismiss them as nothing more than Hollywood chicanery. The two sides are divided by a thin line drawn in the sand, the PROPHET MARGIN.In the vein of Network, Wag the Dog, Being There, and The Truman Show, Prophet Margin is a comedy that explores the relationship between religion, entertainment, and politics.

Read Prophet Margin The Benefit of the Doubt Adam Skelter Jessica Hudson Books

"What if a reality show were to give birth to, foster and develop a new religion that became so popular that it spread like wildfire all over the world, even leading to the foretelling of the apocalypse, and holding the fate of much of humanity at stake?
In this age of pop culture, manufactured celebrity, corporate control, branding and consumerism, along with the mass appeal and prevalence of social media, reality TV and increased global interconnectedness, all in relationship with the dynamics between business, religion, politics and power, Adam Skelter offers a fresh and relevant viewpoint that both critiques and predicts the future of certain aspects of modern society, and points to the crux of where real power lies.
Prophet Margin is a compelling novel full of colorful characters, edgy comedy and philosophical depth. It is pregnant with ideas that are worth hours of discussion, and contains a narrative with multiple layers of meaning, which makes it well-worth a second read!
Highly recommended!"

Product details Paperback 560 pages Publisher Independently published (January 12, 2019) Language English ISBN-10 1793086249

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Prophet Margin The Benefit of the Doubt Adam Skelter Jessica Hudson Books Reviews

• This was a hard book to pin down. I don’t think this is a commercial work. Was it a comedy? Was it a thriller? Was it a giant parable? Maybe it was all three. I decided maybe I should stop fretting over that—and just enjoy what I was reading, and enjoy it I did. It got hard to put down. And the last line—Wow!” is all I can say. Given the subject matter, I don’t think I ever would have wanted to read this. But I picked it up because I admired Adam Skelter’s website, The Art of Story. I decided that even if I didn’t like Prophet Margin, I would at least be supporting him for the work he put into The Art of Story. I don’t want to spoil anything for a prospective reader—I laughed outloud with this book, my jaw dropped on more than a few occasions, and I was intrigued and fascinated by Skelter’s philosophical view on religion. But this is not a commercial work. The premise may even seem silly. But overlook that. Give this book a chance. Buy it, read it. You’ll be the richer for it. I am so glad I did.
• As a reader, I always hope to fall in love with a character. This novel made me fall in love with 5! I felt the friendships, the closeness, the respect and dedication of each and every individual; and went through every rise and fall of the roller coaster ride this novel took me through. Loved it from beginning to end!
• The story entertains while holding a lens up to our current world while it meanders through the build up of a fictional tv world, and how in the grand scheme of life we need to love one another more
• Media frenzy, reality shows gone wild, prophets, profits, characters you'll love and characters you'll love to hate. A hilarious page turner. The humor, complexity and characters are reminiscent of Neil Gaiman's satirical work. Highly recommend.
• I can't remember the last time I read a "laugh out loud" novel. If you get involved, this book will eat up your time and you won't be able to put it down. Smartly written, well developed characters and a carefully crafted plot. You might be offended, but read on and you will find validation for your point of view - or not. Excellent read, but, if this were a film it would be rated "R" for language. No sex, no gore, but lots of foul language. In fact, if I were Adam Skelters' mother, I would wash his mouth out with soap and cleanse his computer of all obscenities.
• What if a reality show were to give birth to, foster and develop a new religion that became so popular that it spread like wildfire all over the world, even leading to the foretelling of the apocalypse, and holding the fate of much of humanity at stake?
  In this age of pop culture, manufactured celebrity, corporate control, branding and consumerism, along with the mass appeal and prevalence of social media, reality TV and increased global interconnectedness, all in relationship with the dynamics between business, religion, politics and power, Adam Skelter offers a fresh and relevant viewpoint that both critiques and predicts the future of certain aspects of modern society, and points to the crux of where real power lies.
  Prophet Margin is a compelling novel full of colorful characters, edgy comedy and philosophical depth. It is pregnant with ideas that are worth hours of discussion, and contains a narrative with multiple layers of meaning, which makes it well-worth a second read!
  Highly recommended!
• Adam Skelter writes in a riotously funny and cogently professorial tone. Sophisticated layers of meaning deftly unfold in captivatingly beautiful metaphors. This action-packed, fast-paced polemic will leave you laughing as much as it leaves you thinking. A hidden perk is that this page-turner is a quick read as well as a lengthy tome to savor. It has the feel of a one-night fling while lasting a few instead.
  
  Weeks after finishing the story I was still being hit with waves of existential, political, religious, philosophical and economic musings…and still laughing. Skelter’s treatment of the hardest hitting current social criticisms and deepest philosophical questions is exceedingly poignant, brilliant and engrossing.
  
  The humor sparkles with refreshing vulgarity, redeeming the most debasing scenarios and deplorable characters. Picturesque and romantic, this doomsday story is powerfully thrilling, occasionally somber, and memorably vivid.
• Adam Skelter has written a witty, fast paced story. The characters are well fleshed out and vivid. It reminds me of the writing style of the late Stephen J Cannell. A very enjoyable read. Very funny. I'm glad I took a chance on this book. I look forward to more from Skelter.