(Putnam via AP) "Providence” by Max Barry (Putnam) A crew of research scientists makes first contact with an alien species of creatures that look like salamanders and it all goes horribly wrong.

At the start of this middling SF thriller from Barry (Providence), Madison May, a 22-year-old New York City real estate agent, shows a prospective client, creepy college dropout Clayton Hors, a ...

Humanity battles hostile aliens with the aid of advanced machine intelligence, in Barry’s SF thriller, 'Providence' (Putnam, Mar.).

Is our love affair with AI really about building a new kind of deity to meet human needs no amount of rationality can fill? Max Barry's disturbing novel Providence lays out the case, says Sally Adee ...

This cover image released by Putnam shows “Providence” by Max Barry. (Putnam via AP) By Jeff Ayers UPDATED: March 31, 2020 at 10:24 p.m.

"Providence" by Max Barry (Putnam) A crew of research scientists makes first contact with an alien species of creatures that look like salamanders and it all goes horribly wrong. The violence i… ...