The Tree of Knowledge

<p><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>An Amazon Bestseller and BookLife Editor's Pick</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>The Tree of Knowledge </em>is a dynamite read... reminiscent of Dan Brown's <em>The Da Vinci Code</em> but smarter sharper and vertiginously twisted. A thrill ride with no seatbelt but what an incredible view.-Junot Díaz <em>New York Times </em>bestselling author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize</strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Knowledge is power.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>It is said that the greatest chess masters can envision a match's outcome ten moves before it occurs. Imagine a person who can visualize ten steps ahead not simply in the game of chess but in every human interaction.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Imagine a person who can see a punch before it is thrown; who knows what you are going to say before you say it; who can see every political and economic move long before it happens.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Imagine a secret that can make this all possible.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Mathematics professor Albert Puddles exposes this secret for himself as he is thrust into a murder investigation on the Princeton campus. The discovery leads Albert to delve into ancient religious interpretation and unmask new analytical abilities all while teaming up with an aging mentor a curious teaching assistant and an elite Book Club on a frantic chase across America to recover this world-changing knowledge before it falls into dangerous hands.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Albert-now embedded in a national cat-and-mouse political power play-rediscovers a woman from his past and is forced to confront his own understanding of love rationality power and the true limits of the human mind.</span></p>