The Prediction

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A new marriage. A perfect home. A machine that says it's all a lie.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Rowena Snyder has the life she's always wanted. So why is everything falling apart?</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Moving to the suburbs was supposed to be easy. Instead Rowena struggles with panic attacks a husband who wants her on medication and the isolation of new motherhood. Then a suspicious house fire at her baby's birthday party threatens to send her over the edge.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When Rowena's husband brings home a product in beta testing at his Silicon Valley tech firm it's a godsend. She uses it for everything. A digital assistant a mental health supporter even a friend.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But Maxine is more than a digital assistant. Its algorithm collects data to predict future events. And soon Maxine delivers a bone-chilling warning that threatens to shatter Rowena's new suburban life to pieces:</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Your husband is going to try to kill you.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Who can she trust? Herself? Her man? Or her eerily accurate new friend Maxine?</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Formerly published as </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Amen Maxine</em></p>