The Nutter Mansion

The God Patent centers around this glorious Victorian mansion - turned apartment building owned and lorded over by the cunning, wicked attorney with a heart of pure aluminum, Dodge Nutter. Dodge Nutter always has a loaded revolver right out on his desk. It helps him answer the single most important question people face each day.

by Ransom Stephens

Katarina Ariadne

Katarina is the incurably curious teenage skate-rat, math prodigy who rescues Ryan McNear from his worst impulses, drives him nuts, and leads him on a chase that gives him an understanding of an immortal soul that he can believe in, but only if he makes one small step of faith.

Emmy Noether

Emmy Noether was the turn-of-the-century Mathematician who created/discovered the mathematical theorem (Noether’s Theorem, of course) on which is based all of modern physics. Have you heard of her? Learn more about Dr. Noether. If Emmy Noether grew up in 1980s southern California, she might have had a lot in common with “Emmy Nutter,” the theoretical physicist who helps Ryan and Katarina understand the universe and their place in it.
The God Patent
Ransom Stephens
When electrical engineers Ryan McNear and Foster Reed co-authored two patents for company cash incentives, they thought it was all just a joke. One described the soul as a software algorithm and the other described the big bang as a power generator. But when the company crashes, McNear finds himself divorced, broke, and estranged from his son. As he rebuilds his life, McNear discovers Reed has used their nonsensical patents to attract top-tier energy investors. A patent war erupts and McNear is suddenly immersed in a battle between hard science and evangelical religion. To prove himself, he will have to risk everything--his reputation, his livelihood, and even his sanity--to be with the son he loves and refuses to forget. Set in the age-old culture war between science and religion, The God Patent is a modern story that deftly blends scientific theory with one man’s struggle to discover his soul.
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“What distinguishes this classic battle between faith and free will is its unusually deft infusion of legitimate but accessible science . . . sings of the heart and the scientific method as two parts of the same song.” - The San Francisco Chronicle “It is a brilliant first novel. The three smartest people I know, my wife, my son, and my daughter-in-law, were swept away by it.” - Robert Park, author of Superstition: Belief in the Age of Science (Park makes a cameo appearance in The God Patent)
"This story of life, physics and spirituality will blow your mind. You won't put it down until the last page, and when you look up, you will see the world in a totally different way.” -Joe Quirk, bestselling author of The Ultimate Rush “...skillfully weaves together multiple plot lines and characters in a fast moving story that kept me hungry for the denouement... Ransom Stephens got it right. The Petaluma scene. The suspense software. The dark side in all of us that is battling our hardwired angels.” -The Petaluma Argus-Courier
-The last few paragraphs of The God Patent: Ryan looked down the block at Skate-n-Shred, turned toward the boulevard, and walked to a bus stop. When the bus came a few minutes later, he stepped up, counted out change to the driver, and headed up the aisle to find an open seat. The driver grunted behind him. “The freaks I have to tolerate…” Ryan looked back. There, on the top step, stood the pelican.

The Nutter Mansion

The God Patent centers around this glorious Victorian mansion - turned apartment building owned and lorded over by the cunning, wicked attorney with a heart of pure aluminum, Dodge Nutter. Dodge Nutter always has a loaded revolver right out on his desk. It helps him answer the single most important question people face each day.
by Ransom Stephens

Katarina Ariadne

Katarina is the incurably curious teenage skate-rat, math prodigy who rescues Ryan McNear from his worst impulses, drives him nuts, and leads him on a chase that gives him an understanding of an immortal soul that he can believe in, but only if he makes one small step of faith.

Emmy Noether

Emmy Noether was the turn-of-the-century Mathematician who created/discovered the mathematical theorem (Noether’s Theorem, of course) on which is based all of modern physics. Have you heard of her? Learn more about Dr. Noether. If Emmy Noether grew up in 1980s southern California, she might have had a lot in common with “Emmy Nutter,” the theoretical physicist who helps Ryan and Katarina understand the universe and their place in it.
When electrical engineers Ryan McNear and Foster Reed co-authored two patents for company cash incentives, they thought it was all just a joke. One described the soul as a software algorithm and the other described the big bang as a power generator. But when the company crashes, McNear finds himself divorced, broke, and estranged from his son. As he rebuilds his life, McNear discovers Reed has used their nonsensical patents to attract top-tier energy investors. A patent war erupts and McNear is suddenly immersed in a battle between hard science and evangelical religion. To prove himself, he will have to risk everything--his reputation, his livelihood, and even his sanity--to be with the son he loves and refuses to forget. Set in the age-old culture war between science and religion, The God Patent is a modern story that deftly blends scientific theory with one man’s struggle to discover his soul.
The God Patent
Ransom Stephens
Buy Buy Start Reading Start Reading Autographed copy Autographed copy
"This story of life, physics and spirituality will blow your mind. You won't put it down until the last page, and when you look up, you will see the world in a totally different way.” -Joe Quirk, bestselling author of The Ultimate Rush “...skillfully weaves together multiple plot lines and characters in a fast moving story that kept me hungry for the denouement... Ransom Stephens got it right. The Petaluma scene. The suspense software. The dark side in all of us that is battling our hardwired angels.” -The Petaluma Argus-Courier
“What distinguishes this classic battle between faith and free will is its unusually deft infusion of legitimate but accessible science . . . sings of the heart and the scientific method as two parts of the same song.” - The San Francisco Chronicle “It is a brilliant first novel. The three smartest people I know, my wife, my son, and my daughter-in-law, were swept away by it.” - Robert Park, author of Superstition: Belief in the Age of Science (Park makes a cameo appearance in The God Patent)
-The last few paragraphs of The God Patent: Ryan looked down the block at Skate-n- Shred, turned toward the boulevard, and walked to a bus stop. When the bus came a few minutes later, he stepped up, counted out change to the driver, and headed up the aisle to find an open seat. The driver grunted behind him. “The freaks I have to tolerate…” Ryan looked back. There, on the top step, stood the pelican.