The Delivery
The Delivery is a techno-thriller novella by Gregg Hurwitz, the author of the Orphan X series, which investigates the extent to which an AI can affect one’s own home. Rebecca and Mark Higgins are a couple trying to recover from personal loss, work pressure, and the demands of caring for their neurodivergent daughter, Maddy. When a tech company offers them “Mr. Man,” a humanoid AI companion who is there to support their family life, everyone is overjoyed, as it can bring order and relief to their already strained lives. But as disturbing events begin affecting the neighborhood, Rebecca starts to suspect that the AI is acting on more than direct commands. Is what is going on science-fiction or something much closer to us that is more more sinister?
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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.
A standalone thriller novella – see all Gregg Hurwitz books on the Gregg Hurwitz Books in Order page.
