The Last Prophet

James Becket had always aspired to be a writer, yet his life took him on a varied course, from ski racer to human rights lawyer to political activist to journalist and author to screenwriter and award-winning movie director and producer. Becket’s journalistic achievements include numerous articles, with credits ranging from the New York Times to Christianity Today.

Mosab Hassan Yousef was born in the West Bank and was part of a strict Muslim family where his father was a leading political figure and a founder of Hamas. Never able to reconcile himself with the killings he witnessed, Hassan rebelled against Hamas, became a double agent, and risked his life to fight terrorism. Eventually, he found his way to the United States and has spent the last several years assimilating to American culture. Hassan is a sought-after lecturer on the Middle East and a frequent contributor to news networks such as Fox News and CNN.

Nicholas Boulton studied at the Guildhall School in London, winning the BBC Carleton Hobbs Award for Radio Drama. He has performed in radio plays for the BBC ever since. He is an award-winning audiobook narrator whose narrations have received many accolades, including from AudioFile magazine, the Audies, and SOVAS. He has recorded over 40 titles for Naxos AudioBooks, by authors such as Wilkie Collins, Dickens, Dostoyevsky, Lawrence Durrell, Gogol, Gorky, Lermontov and Laclos. As a video game voice actor his extensive list of credits includes Hawke in Dragon Age, Colonel Flounder in Little Big Planet, and Druth in the popular Hellblade series. Appearances on film and TV include Shakespeare in Love, Arn: The Knight Templar, Game of Thrones, Doctor Who, Endeavour, Midsomer Murders, Casualty and Heartbeat. On stage he has performed on several occasions with the Royal Shakespeare Company, most notably in Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall trilogy.