For eight years, Gabe Dawson and his wife have been thoroughly satisfied with their small-town lifestyle-he, a college professor and she, a high-school teacher-until an unthinkable tragedy sends him on a relentless search for truth in a world fraught with deceit. His quest leads him to his father's think tank in Washington D.C. where he is introduced to supercomputers, nanotechnologies, micro-gadgets, and a powerful new application that could change the world as we know it. He soon becomes reacquainted with a former high school friend who is now a professor of philosophy at George Washington University. She helps him understand that many great thinkers throughout history have been criticized, condemned, and even executed for advocating new ideologies-among them, Paine, Orwell, Socrates, and Jesus. When finally faced with the human condition of using his free will in choosing between good and evil, Gabe realizes that either choice could bring accusations of playing God. The Truman Factor is a speculative science fiction novel that explores forks in the road that could lead to a utopian, dystopian, or apocalyptic future.