The Tree of Knowledge

It is said that the greatest chess grandmasters envision a match’s outcome ten moves before it occurs. Imagine a person who could visualize ten steps ahead not only in the game of chess but in every human interaction. 

Imagine a person who could see a punch before it was thrown, who could anticipate what you say before you said it. Imagine a person who could see the chess game of politics, economics, & power itself unfold long before it happens. 

Imagine a secret that could make all of this possible. 

Mathematics professor Albert Puddles is such a person, & as he is thrust into a murder & burglary investigation on the Princeton campus he finds that there is such a secret. The discovery leads Albert to team up with an aging mentor, a curious graduate assistant, & an unusual “book club” on a frantic chase across the country to recover the book’s secret & clear his name. 

Through this adventure, Albert rediscovers a woman from his past & is forced to confront his own understanding of love, rationality, power, & the limits of the human mind.