R. Henry Price

Solly is a physics PhD drifting through life on raw intellect until a sudden flash of inspiration sends him careening into reinvention and he becomes a writing instructor and the unofficial guide, counselor, and bail bondsman of a Caltech undergrad house. What starts as an earnest attempt at adulthood quickly derails when Solly stumbles into the orbit of a group of transplanted Frisian toughs running an absurdly ambitious con - using a brilliant but gullible student hacker in an attempt to hijack Los Angeles's municipal databases and hold them for ransom. Before long, Solly's attempts to make sense of the situation become inseparable from his attempts to understand himself in this comedic novel of misfires, bad decisions, romance, and self-discovery.

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"An intriguing, deft observation of an academic life gone wrong. Price’s story is compelling and well worth the read." –Craig Jones for IndieReader

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"A college professor takes on a criminal hacking ring that’s targeting undergrads in Price’s debut campus thriller ... Price’s witty and rapid-fire prose is loaded with quips, philosophical musings, and paeans to his alma mater, Caltech ... Those looking for a breezy campus novel will find much here to enjoy ... A jokey, messy novel about a college instructor who’s in over his head." –Kirkus Reviews