After a traumatic end to a relationship, Laurel MacDonald accepts a job as a psychology professor at Duke University and makes the move from sunny California. Upon her arrival, she learns that in order to maintain her tenure at the University, she needs to get published. She uncovers a fifty year old study done by the Rhine psychology lab, a study on extrasensory perception that mysteriously went dormant. This study took place at the Folger House, a century-old home known for its supernatural activity. Participants in this survey either disappeared, went insane, or suffered other emotional/mental effects. Laurel learns that her uncle, once bright and outgoing, wiht a great future ahead of him, was a participant in this study. He's now a shell of a man with apparent mental defeciencies. Joined by Brendan Cody, another psychology professor, they find the Folger House and begin to recreate the infamous study with a new set of student participants. When they arrive at the house, it's not long before they begin to experience supernatural activity. Mysterious noises, odd feelings, only begin to explain the activity the team experience.
Sokoloff once again does a stellar job with this one! The reader becomes entranced within the first few pages. Throughout the entire book, my spine tingled with anticipation. Laurel's character is extremely well developed. The reader uncovers more about her with every turned page. The secondary characters, while not extremely developed, do add a great deal to the story. The are both seriously flawed and it's hard to like them, but that adds to the overall atmosphere of the book. I highly recommend The Unseen
to any fan of ghosts stories, tales of extrasensory perception or the like.
Contains: mild sex and language