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William

by Mason Coile

A smart home with something inside

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A smart home with something inside

Henry’s creation of William, an emerging artificial consciousness, turns a secluded home into the center of a domestic horror story. The setup links Henry’s isolation and secretive work in the attic with a house built around advanced security, bringing the AI premise into close quarters with his pregnant wife, Lily, and her visiting coworkers. As the situation escalates, the home’s protective systems become part of the danger. The book combines artificial intelligence, confinement, and the uneasy boundary between a household’s conveniences and its control over those inside it.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in AI-centered horror and cyber noir.
  • Those drawn to haunted-house stories set in contemporary homes.
  • Readers looking for a compact horror read; the publisher describes it as a one-sitting book.

Themes

Artificial intelligenceIsolation and secrecySmart-home securityConfinement

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Book overview

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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