A marvellously spooky thriller incorporating fascinating developments in neuro-science with the oldest psychological fears of humanity - fear of demons and demonic possession, all told with a convincing contemporary edge.
Noah Archer is a renowned neurosurgeon with an impressive success record and a dark secret. from his childhood.
It's the reason he became passionate about neuroscience,. But when some research he's undertaken tilts sideways, he's caught in a career-threatening dilemma.
Admit to his experiments gone wrong, and face the consequences, or try to right the situation and keep it all hushed up?
Lynn Hightower presents a seat of the edge nail biter, which will kep0p you thinking for weeks and months after you've closed the covers on it. I loved it.
Lynn can be heard talking about her research and the book's premise on The Joys of Binge Reading podcast.
https://thejoysofbingereading.com/lynn-hightower-spooky-suspense/

Unsettling Tale…
Magic, mystics and science combine in this suspenseful standalone of demonic possession. Will the Enlightenment Project be letting in the darkness rather than keeping it out? Engrossing and unsettling in equal measure.

A scary, gripping, and riveting story that kept me reading. I loved. It's the first book I read by this author and I appreciated the style of writing and the storytelling.
It's got the right level of creepy, good character development and a well developed plot.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

i absolutely adored this book! the concept grabbed me immediately, and it was a wild, thrilling and horrifyingly interesting ride from start to finish. couldn't recommend more. i hope more books go for a medical/supernatural horror approach.

A brilliant surgeon with a stellar career, a loving family and a beautiful home. Noah Archer sounds like the perfect man, if that is, you can overlook the fact that he was possessed as a child. It’s only because of the local priest’s intervention that Noah survived to become the man he is today; and it’s why he’s putting all his efforts into the Enlightenment Project, a series of medical studies that focus on spirituality’s effect on the brain. Early results promise an end to common ailments like depression, mental illness and more. Now, the priest that saved Noah’s soul all those years ago arrives with a warning that Noah’s project may actually be leading people into the darkness instead of out of it. I admit I was skeptical when I read the description of this book, demon possessed kid grows up to become celebrated surgeon? It turns out that in Hightower’s very capable hands, this story is more than believable, it’s seriously scary