The Tree of Knowledge

An Amazon Bestseller and BookLife Editors PickThe Tree of Knowledge is a dynamite read... reminiscent of Dan Browns The Da Vinci Code but smarter sharper and vertiginously twisted. A thrill ride with no seatbelt but what an incredible view.-Junot Díaz New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize Knowledge is power.It is said that the greatest chess masters can envision a matchs 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.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.Imagine a secret that can make this all possible.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.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.