<p><b>Albert can see the future...he just doesn't know it yet. </b></p><p>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.</p><p>Imagine a person who could anticipate what you would say before you said it, who could see a punch before it was thrown. Imagine a person who could see the chess game of politics, economics, and power itself unfold long before it happens.</p><p><b>Imagine a secret that could make all of this possible.</b></p><p>Mathematics professor Albert Puddles is such a person, and as he is thrust into a murder and burglary investigation on the Princeton campus he finds that there is such a secret buried in an obscure cipher. The discovery leads Albert to team up with an aging mentor, a curious graduate assistant, and an unusual “book club” on a frantic chase across the country to recover the secret and clear his name.</p><p>Through this adventure, Albert rediscovers a woman from his past and is forced to confront his own understanding of love, rationality, power, and the limits of the human mind.</p><p><b>The #1 Bestseller and BookLife Editor’s Pick</b></p><p><b>“<i>The Tree of Knowledge</i> is a dynamite read... reminiscent of Dan Brown's <i>The Da Vinci Code</i> but smarter, sharper... A thrill ride with no seatbelt but what an incredible view.”—Junot Díaz, <i>New York Times </i>bestselling author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize</b></p>