What if you could see the future unfolding before it happens? What if like a chess master, who can see ten moves ahead, you can anticipate the next movements in the stock market, or the economy or even in geopolitics? What if you could see that far ahead and used that ability for your own nefarious means?

Albert Puddle is a mathematics professor at Princeton who is now a suspect in an investigation into a murder and burglary that occurred on campus. In order to clear his name, Albert begins searching for away to anticipate the next moves of the police and to unravel the mystery surrounding the murder.  Albert thinks the key is in a cipher, that his mentor once showed him. With his gifted graduate student, his aging mentor and a strange “book club” in tow, Albert begins chasing the answer to the cipher that will give him the answers he seeks.

The second book in the series,  Of Good and Evil explores what would happened if the ability to anticipate far in advance, fell into the wrong hands and were used for nefarious purposes.  Although Miller is writing fiction, sometimes it is so close to our current reality it is almost uncomfortable to read. Yet, Miller continues to surprise with interesting plot twists and keeps developing his characters as they interact with a cunning and smart adversary. I am looking forward to reading the final book in the trilogy, The Tree of Life!

Brenda’s Rating: **** (4 Out of 5 Stars)

Recommend this book to: Marian, Lauren, Sharon and Keith

Book Study Worthy? Yes

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