The Prophet of Yonwood

The Third Book of Ember

By: Jeanne DuPrau

Narrated by: Becky Ann Baker

Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

It's 50 years before the settlement of the city of Ember, and the world is in crisis. War looms on the horizon as 11-year-old Nickie and her aunt travel to the small town of Yonwood, North Carolina. There, one of the town's respected citizens has had a terrible vision of fire and destruction. Her garbled words are taken as prophetic instruction on how to avoid the coming disaster. If only they can be interpreted correctly.

As the people of Yonwood scramble to make sense of the woman's mysterious utterances, Nickie explores the oddities she finds around town - her great-grandfather's peculiar journals and papers, a reclusive neighbor who studies the heavens, a strange boy who is fascinated with snakes - all while keeping an eye out for ways to help the world. Is this vision her chance? Or is it already too late to avoid a devastating war?

In this prequel to the acclaimed The City of Ember and The People of Sparks, Jeanne DuPrau investigates how, in a world that seems out of control, hope and comfort can be found in the strangest of places.

Don't miss Lina and Doon's other adventures in The City of Ember.

©2006 Jeanne DuPrau (P)2006 Random House, Inc. Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group

Religious zealots everywhere

I feel like the whole story in this particular part of the series wasn't necessary. It's interesting, but I was bored for most of it.

Before Ember

This book, like the second book, is basically also about morality. However, this time we are talking about people taking their religious beliefs to extreme and using it to control others. I found this much more interesting to think about than bigotry and immigrant issues. In any case, it's not a great story but it is interesting and has suspense and kinda mystery like the first and last books. Don't expect to find out much about Ember but the author does link this book to the original story in the last book which is neat. I will warn you not to get too excited by the physics stuff though. There isn't anything like "His "Dark Materials" in this book. Probably just as well as I don't think the author could be quite that imaginative.

Great story

I loved how this book ties the other books in this series. I t helped to clear up several things. very well written with interesting plot line and people that you can fall in love with.😀💖😀💖

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Barely an "Ember" book

The reading and the story are good, but I wouldn't consider this much part of the series. It's connected by a very slim thread, and would be good as a standalone book, or a thrilling/dramatic film. If you want to read this, maybe consider reading it first or last.

THE LAST BOOK IN THE SERIES!!! Not the third

I was led to believe this was the third book in the series due to Audible’s description and the picture. I’ve got about 90% of the way through the book and found out that this is actually the third book. I am so extremely disappointed in this service right now. I didn’t really enjoy the book because I have no idea what was going on four who any of the characters were. None of it correlated and I felt like I was entirely different series. Please READ THIS REVIEW before you read the book series out of order!

Good but anticlimactic

I very much enjoyed this book, I think it’s very cool to hear a prequel to kind of how the city of ember started, but the way it ended was not how I expected but also very plot twist like. I think the narrator was also very good as well, it was a little strange switching narrators already being used to the old one.

It's Okay

This book is the 3d in the series, but actually tells what happened before the city of Ember was built and why. The background noises are a bit distracting making this feel more like a radio show than a book. Other than that it is a good listen.

LOVE IT!!!!

This book had a good starting, it was getting better and better through out the book. Trust me you are going to love the book. If you have read the serious the ending of the book with completely blow your mind.

1/100th of the book is connected to Ember

Only the last few minutes have anything to do with being a prequel to The City of Ember. It’s a great story until you realize that the book is over and you never really got what you wanted.