William
Books | Fiction / Horror
Mason Coile
Psychological horror meets cyber noir in this delicious one-sitting read—a haunted house story in which the haunting is by AI.Henry is a brilliant engineer who, after untold hours spent in his home lab, has achieved the breakthrough of his career—he’s created an artificially intelligent consciousness. He calls the half-formed robot William.No one knows about William. Henry’s agoraphobia keeps him inside the house, and his fixation on his project keeps him up in the attic, away from everyone, including his pregnant wife, Lily.When Lily’s coworkers show up, wanting to finally meet Henry and see the new house—the smartest of smart homes—Henry decides to introduce them to William, and things go from strange to much worse. Soon Henry and Lily discover the security upgrades intended to keep danger out of the house are even better at locking it in.
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Author
Mason Coile
Pages
224
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2024-09-10
ISBN
0593719603 9780593719602
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"This cover makes me want to watch Insidious. Oh, BTW, don't judge a book by it's cover."
Marissa Fielding
"Can robots and artificial intelligence be evil? This book mixes both sci-fi and horror perfectly and had me eyeing my Alexa differently.<br/><br/>Henry suffers from agoraphobia and lives inside a smart house that him and his wife created; both brilliant engineers. At home he works on making gadgets and toys..... and also his creation in the attic, William. William is a robot with a peculiar image but what makes him so special is his intelligence. However, that intelligence unnerves Henry as he seems to be getting more and more astute and particularly interested in the human experience. Soon Henry and his wife, Lily, and two of her friends learn just what William has become and so begins the nightmare. <br/><br/>I really enjoyed this quick read. From the beginning I wanted to know more about both Henry and Lily. Then when William is introduced I immediately got the creeps. The way the tension builds on a human level between Henry, Lily, and Lily's two friends and then right then William gets thrown into the mix. What follows is a locked room horror with some of the most creepy and tense scenes I've read in a while. I'd love to see this as a film. The ending blew my mind which also hasn't happened in a while. I highly recommend."
Meg
