Fifty Per Cent Prophet

What if your prophet was only half right? That's the question at the heart of Randall Garrett's sly, twisty 1960s science fiction novel. Dr. Peter Forsythe claims to see the future, and he might be telling the truth - but he's also a proud fraud, a man who knows how to read a room and make an educated guess. When a shadowy organization called the Society for Mystical and Metaphysical Research recruits him to predict disasters and prevent them, Forsythe finds himself in a dangerous game: the stakes are real, but his methods are questionable at best. Each prophecy brings mixed results, and the more he tries to avert catastrophe, the more he discovers that foresight and wisdom are not the same thing. The climax arrives when Forsythe predicts doom for Moonbase One - and the desperate measures taken to save it may be exactly what brings ruin. Garrett's novel is a razor-sharp meditation on the paradox of prediction: can you change the future without becoming its author? Sharp, witty, and unexpectedly profound about human nature.