Final Theory: A Novel

Summary

ColumbiaUniversity professor David Swift is called to the hospital to comfort hismentor, a physicist who’s been brutally attacked. With his last words, thedying man gives his former pupil a seemingly random string of numbers thatcould hold the key to Einstein’s last and greatest secret: Einheitliche Feldtheorie. The Theory of Everything. Einstein’s theory—a set ofequations that could explain all the forces of nature—would have revolutionizedour understanding of the universe. But Einstein never discovered it … or did he?

Within hours, David is arrested bythe FBI and taken to a secret interrogation center. But the FBI isn’t the onlyfaction pursuing Einstein’s long-hidden theory. A Russian mercenary wants Davidto talk, and he’ll do whatever it takes. On the run for his life, David teamsup with an old girlfriend, a brilliant Princeton scientist, and frantically triesto piece together Einstein’s final theory to reveal its staggeringconsequences.Weused E=mc2 to build the atom bomb …What could we do with the key to creation?

Seamlessly weaving science, history, and politics with anintriguing love story, Final Theory expertly combines factwith fiction in a heart-pounding, action-packed plot that will have you riveteduntil its explosive end.