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The Delivery - by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz (Hardcover)

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From the New York Times bestselling author of the Orphan X series comes a tense novella, a psychological thriller about an AI companion that will do anything to serve--with terrifying consequences.Rebecca and Mark Higgins are doing their best to hold their family together.
Author(s): Gregg Andrew Hurwitz
251 Pages
Fiction + Literature Genres, Science Fiction

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From the New York Times bestselling author of the Orphan X series comes a tense novella, a psychological thriller about an AI companion that will do anything to serve--with terrifying consequences.

Rebecca and Mark Higgins are doing their best to hold their family together. She's healing from the pain of a miscarriage, he's drowning in pressure at work, and their neurodivergent daughter, Maddy, needs all the care she can get. So when a cutting-edge tech company offers the perfect solution, they jump at the chance. And they welcome "Mr. Man"--a humanoid AI companion--into their home.

Designed to anticipate their needs, he's like a miracle at first. The house runs like clockwork. Meals appear on the table. And Maddy thrives under his patient attention. But when inexplicable tragedies start to strike the neighborhood, Rebecca glimpses a darker pattern at play.

Each incident is an answer to an unspoken fear, each kindness shadowed by violence. Mr. Man isn't just following instructions--he's anticipating what they want. Even the things they never dared to say. And if he's executing their darkest desires, it's their responsibility to stop him...at any cost.

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"A pungent, timely thriller that will leave readers thinking." --Kirkus Reviews

"Eerily plausible and certainly very timely, this relatively short novel packs a heck of a punch. Fans of the Orphan X series or Hurwitz's earlier standalone novels will thoroughly enjoy this clever, rather twisted, top-flight technothriller from a genre master." --Booklist

"In Gregg Hurwitz's The Delivery, Silicon Valley is unmasked for its Doppelganger, the uncanny valley. But there is no way back or up and out of these depths. In this lightning-fast Black Mirror of a novella, that literally begins with a new Pandora's box, Gregg Hurwitz manages to sympathize while lampooning the real anxiety and the harried pace of modern parenting; he gently satirizes the Achilles heel of all parents of means--could it just be a little easier?" --David Duchovny

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Dimensions (Overall): 7.38 Inches (H) x 5.25 Inches (W) x .88 Inches (D)

Weight: .65 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 251

Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres

Sub-Genre: Science Fiction

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

Format: Hardcover

Author: Gregg Andrew Hurwitz

Language: English

Street Date: July 1, 2026

TCIN: 1007000091

UPC: 9781662539343

Item Number (DPCI): 247-48-7105

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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