The Quantum Magician (The Quantum Evolution, #1)

by Derek Künsken

“No, I’m not a thrill addict,” he whispered, “but I’m the equivalent to a fugue addict. I’m driven to commit psychological suicide over and over until I don’t come back, all to analyze more and more data. I found out twelve years ago that confidence schemes are complex enough to tie up my brain, to keep it stimulated. And because there’s nothing mathematical or geometric in a con, the urge to drop into the fugue falls away. This is keeping me alive, and I very much want to stay alive.”