The renowned author of The Radetzky March examines the mind of a Russian Revolutionary and the limitations of ideology in this classic n ovel. Based on his own observations during an extended stay in Moscow in the winter of 1926, The Silent Prophet is Joseph Roth’s vivid attempt to explain the Russian Revolution and its betrayal by exposing the personal motivations of its leaders. Written at the height of speculation about the fate of Marxist Revolutionary Leon Trotsky, it is a brilliant portrayal of revolutionary idealism-turned-cynicism. The illegitimate and rootless Friedrich Kargan—the Trotsky figure—becomes a leader of the Red Army during the civil war. But he soon realizes that the ideals he fought for were already lost. after openly defying the coldly amoral Savelli—the novel’s Stalin figure—Kargan is sent into exile in Siberia.

In the eighth installment of the Prophet series, a simple burglary of the Praetzel's RV results in another cascade of events that bring Aleta and Stanley face to face with peril once again. For Aleta, the greatest danger is in her own mind, while Stanley must manage threats knocking at the very doorstep. Can the Praetzels manage to thwart another conspiring enemy? The odds seem to be against them, and even the help of their faithful companions might not be enough to protect the family from harm.

For Alexander Kepler to officially declare that that same old tune that many a prophet had sung, from Nathan to Samuel to Isaiah to Jeremiah, assuming there would come a shoot from the stump of David, was prophesising about him made many people Kepler confided in prick their ears and stir their mind, and some developed a trouble conscience. It was baffling and bewildering to say the least. Yet, he sang it with full heart. To him it was no small matter. And now, as Alexander Kepler's arranged feathers, plucked from King David's, wings, were poised to give flight to some of history's hidden parts, he was ready to begin what he called, Operation Rotten Luck.Before the fog of history settles over his story, Silent Prophet is an account of Alexander Kepler's forty-ninth year and tenth month of life.

"An exploration of the failures of reason in human life and the enduring role of myth in science, politics, and morality"--