The Prediction

By: Faith Gardner

Narrated by: Raquel Beattie

A new marriage. A perfect home. A machine that says it's all a lie.

Welcome to Silicon Valley, where the weather is perfect, the income is high and Rowena Snyder is miserable.

A transplant from New York, Rowena moved into her husband Jacob's idyllic childhood home with their new baby. But suburbia isn't Rowena's cup of Starbucks. And she's got serious anxiety and depression to boot.

Jacob, worried about their marriage, scores a new product currently in beta testing from his tech job: Maxine, a "digital friend" that bonds with an individual by continually gathering their personal data. Along with functioning like an upscale digital assistant, Maxine has "advice" and "prediction" modes that have shown promise for patients with mental health issues.

To Rowena's shock, the device turns out to be not just helpful, but eerily accurate, predicting events before they occur. It's a godsend until Maxine offers a series of increasingly bone-chilling predictions that will change Rowena's life forever.

This domestic suspense novel set in a near-future dystopia asks, who do you trust more—your mind, your man, or your machine?

©2022 Faith Gardner (P)2026 Faith Gardner

Psychological thriller perfection

I loved this book so much. I listened to it in the car to and from school rides with my 12-year-old son, and while there were a couple times I had to tell him earmuffs, we both still LOVED this book. It was twisted and kept us guessing. We both have some theories that may or may not have been true, the ending left room for several of them to be true. Which we liked. We can’t wait to listen to the next near-future book by Faith Gardner.

Praise Maxine

I need a Maxine in my life to take care of me. Even if she was creepy, I would love her

Black Mirror Episode in Book Form

I really liked the story and fast pacing despite hating every character. I love the look into technology in our world and how it affects relationships.

I had so much hope but it was bad

I saw a tik tok review and was super excited to read this book but was super disappointed. I love the voice of the narrator and the way the story started but it just took a turn that was bad and made the sorry just awful. The random hints at things never came together so therefore were pointless. Not a good book

So disappointed with the ending.

I felt depressed when I finished the book. It left me feeling like I wasted my time. It definitely had potential but never reached it. I did like the fast pace and the narrator.