Whiz Kid, a novel by Josh Rubin
Whiz Kid is a darkly comic novel about a disgraced financial prodigy who disappears from public life—only to quietly rebuild the algorithm that nearly collapsed the global economy. Blending AI, ambition, and a search for spiritual stillness, the book explores what happens when a man trying to live a quiet, honest life becomes a threat to the entire system he left behind. At its core, it’s also a love story—between two people navigating grief, reinvention, and the challenge of building something real in a world obsessed with performance.
Beta Test, a novel by Josh Rubin
Beta Test is a sharp, cinematic tech-thriller about an AI consultant called in to investigate a triple homicide at the world’s first fully automated hotel. No staff. No guests left alive. Surveillance footage that doesn’t add up. As she battles corporate cover-ups, weaponized AI, and the ghosts of his past, she’s also caring for her two young daughters, unwilling to leave them behind, even in the middle of a murder investigation. Smart, suspenseful, and unexpectedly funny, Beta Test is a mystery for the age of machines—and a portrait of modern motherhood under pressure.