PhDeath

By James P. Carse

Subjects: Plato -- Fiction, Distributive justice -- Fiction, Socialism, Social justice -- Economic aspects -- Fiction, Distributive justice, Education, Higher -- Philosophy, Academic-industrial collaboration, Higher Education, Universities and colleges -- Political aspects -- United States, Universities and colleges, Political activity, Academic-industrial collaboration -- United States -- Fiction, College students -- United States -- Social life and customs, Celebrities, Social justice, Military-industrial complex, Fiction, Military-industrial complex -- United States -- Fiction, Puzzles -- Fiction, Social life and customs, College students -- Political activity -- United States, Christianity, Christianity -- Fiction, Celebrities -- Fiction, Puzzles, College students, Universities and colleges -- Economic aspects -- United States, Socialism -- Fiction, Code and cipher stories, Philosophy

Description: "PhDeath" is a fast-paced thriller set in a major university in a major city on a square. The faculty finds itself in deadly intellectual combat with the anonymous Puzzler. Along with teams of U.S. Military Intelligence and the city's top detective and aided by the Puzzle Master of The New York Times, their collective brains are no match for the Puzzler's perverse talents.-- In a major university in a major city, the faculty finds itself in deadly intellectual combat with the anonymous Puzzler. As a series of atrocities begin and end the academic year, pockets of moral rot are discovered. A cerebral mystery that combines linguistic, mathematical, and literary puzzles with a searing indictment of American education and business practices.