Books by Patrick Albert
A builder who writes. Picture-book adventures and family mysteries for young readers, a middle-grade sci-fi, near-future fiction for grown-ups, and plain-English books on putting A.I. to work in a small business. All on Amazon in print and Kindle.
The Adventure Series
Family-first adventures and mysteries for young readers, and for the grown-ups reading along.
The Baysinger Adventures
Kayden, Lani and a whole extended family chase real clues through real places. Start with Book One and read them in order.
The Mystery of MarBrisa Resort
Follow the clues. Discover the legend. A cousins' treasure hunt full of hidden hatches, secret tunnels, and a century-old trail of clues.
The Catalina Island Expedition
Twenty-six miles to mystery. An old map, a set of puzzling clues, and a secret tied to the island's history that has been waiting for generations.
Papa's Hidden Treasure
A Colorado River mystery. One faded photograph sends the family down the river after something Papa left behind, and the water keeps its own secrets.
The Mystery of the Shifting Guardians
Strange art. Old rails. A mystery that moves. On the Atlanta BeltLine the family finds scrap-metal sculptures that seem to shift and clues left by a long-forgotten Keeper.
The Sotelos
A modern family and one very unpredictable Spinner. Every click drops them somewhere they absolutely do not belong. Funny, warm, and built for reading out loud.
Snow Way Home
A frosty mountain family adventure. A runaway snowball carries the Spinner into a herd of sleepy, sneezy Kerchoos, and every KER-CHOO buries it a little deeper.
Moon Mix-Up
A bouncy space family adventure. One little hop sends you sky-high, Dad's tea floats out of his mug, and the family's only way home is circling overhead.
Dinosaur Island
A dino-stomping family adventure. The ground keeps going BOOM, a baby dinosaur as big as a barn has the hiccups, and he thinks the Spinner is the best ball ever.
Treasure Island Trouble
A pirate treasure-hunt adventure. The Sotelos are back, the Spinner is spinning, and this time the map is real.
Back to the Stone Age
A prehistoric family adventure. One wrong turn and the Sotelos are a very long way from home, with no phones, no plan, and a lot of opinions.
Henry and the Alien
Monday was the most boring day in history. Then Henry noticed the book on his dresser, and it blinked.
The Book That Blinked
Patrick Albert with Aubrey Thometz
Henry has always known the nighttime sounds of his house by heart. Nothing ever surprises him. But when a strange book appears with a single gold dot on its cover, and that dot starts blinking back at him, Henry discovers a doorway to somewhere else entirely, and a message-writing alien named Fred waiting on the other side.
What starts as one strange night turns into something bigger: new worlds, new questions, and the growing feeling that Henry isn't the only kid whose book has started to blink. Fast, funny and heartfelt, for readers ages 8-12 who love a story that turns bedtime into the start of an adventure.
The A.I. Books
No hype, no predictions. What this technology actually does for a small business, what it costs, and where it does not belong.
The Implementation Files
Five composite Coachella Valley businesses, followed over two years. Baselines before tools. Month-one breakage included. See the series hub and free worksheets →
AI That Earns Its Keep
Where AI actually fits in a small business, and where it does not. Ray runs six pool trucks and thinks artificial intelligence is a scam. He is not entirely wrong. No predictions, just the receipts.
The Front Desk
Phones, scheduling, intake, and the AI receptionist question. What happens to the first voice a customer hears when you hand it to a machine, and when you should not.
The Follow-Up
Reminders, recalls, reviews, and nurture. What happens after first contact: density caps, stop rules, and what a tool may draft, send, request, stop, or yield, without turning nurture into a chase.
The Back Office
Billing, payments, collections, and the clean-books promise. Someone paid. Or did not. Or the deposit sat. A field guide to money accuracy, tone, and timing, with a Monday audit to match.
The Floor
Hiring, training, coverage, and the judgment tools promise. People who show up, get briefed, cover a gap, and own the call when a tool only surfaces the options.
Guides & Playbooks
Start-anywhere books for owners and for anyone who just wants to use these tools without the jargon.
The Small Business Owner's AI Playbook
The hands-on, no-hype guide. 50+ ready-to-use prompts, a complete AI tool directory, a 30-day implementation workbook, and industry playbooks.
AI for Regular People
You don't need to be technical, you just need to know how to ask. Plain-English prompts for everyday tasks, a guide to picking the right free AI tool, privacy basics, and a 30-day starter plan.
The Human Edge
Essential skills for an automated, anxious, changing world. Short, practical books on staying the one who decides.
AI Literacy
Think with machines without being used by them. You already live inside AI, in suggested replies, search digests and help chats. This book turns that fog into a practice: ask with a clear spec, verify what can hurt you, and protect what you paste.
Geoffrey's Conspiracies
A different shelf entirely. Forty-one case files, traded around the campfire.
Down the Rabbit Hole
Separating real mysteries from manufactured ones, with humor and a healthy dose of skepticism. Each case file closes with the same question: what if this one were proven tomorrow?
The Human Upgrade Files
Near-future science fiction with a real family as the cast, and the machines that start making decisions about them.
The Replacement
Fourteen people, fourteen boarding passes, three cities in twelve days. Before the plane lands in Taipei, Uncle Pat's company back in Georgia has lost its biggest client. Nobody there decided it. The client's Clerk did.
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