Whiz Kid 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 by Josh Rubin
Beta Test is a sharp, cinematic tech-thriller about a disgraced AI consultant called in to investigate a triple homicide at the world’s first fully automated hotel. With no staff, no guests left alive, and surveillance footage that doesn’t add up, he's forced to uncover the truth—while battling corporate cover-ups, weaponized AI, and the ghosts of his past. Complicating everything: he’s brought his two young daughters to the hotel during a bitter divorce, and as the case deepens, so does the pressure to protect what matters most. Smart, suspenseful, and unexpectedly funny, Beta Test is a mystery for the age of machines—and for anyone trying to hold a family together inside a world falling apart.