- Paperback: 308 pages
- Publisher: AuthorHouse (22 Oct 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1438918348
- ISBN-13: 978-1438918341
- Product Dimensions: 20.5 x 12.8 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,604,590 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The next time you switch on your computer, will the unseen be waiting to enter your mind - or are they already there? DI Sean Fagan investigates the ritual murder of three young women and finds links between each victim and the world’s most popular computer game, Princess Kay-ling. When police high-tech units examine hard drives taken from the murder victims’ PCs, traces of subliminal psychotic induction are found. This induces victims to trust and obey characters from the game. These characters then order the women to remote places or use this trust to gain entry into their homes. When a fourth woman is murdered in Ireland, Sean realises he hunts a serial killer capable of global influence. He also discovers the Government is aware and observing. When his own young daughters become involved, nightmare encircles him.
About the Author
As a child, James McKenna travelled extensively throughout Europe and the Far East with his military parents. He joined the UK army at 15 and attended the Royal School of Military Engineering. After passing selection he served with the Paras in Europe and the Gulf. He has since run his own security companies providing electronic and physical protection before expanding into construction and development. He is now a full-time writer living between the UK and Portugal.
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When you look at your computor who is useing subliminal psychotic induction to influence your mind. This book is a page turner.
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JW McKenna - `The Unseen'
James McKenna's thriller, `The Unseen' combines the ritual murder of three young women with the concept of subliminal psychotic induction in a fast and enthralling narrative which successfully relies on sheer pace and action to keep the reader's brain and gut engaged. However, should you be faint- hearted the visceral descriptions of a psychopathic murderer at work over his female victims may not appeal and I suggest this book is probably not for you, but if gaming, corporate and government immorality plus dark murder are up your street then `The Unseen' will provide tense enjoyment.
The Unseen's opening chapter sets out the stall succinctly and suggests the particular morality at play, `What do you bribe a nun with?' one of the characters asks; good question. McKenna asks plenty of difficult questions throughout `The Unseen' which suggests the reader really should consider how often he or she may have been the victim of subliminal suggestion. This novel was originally published in 2008 but perhaps is now even more apposite. With Google's change in privacy terms and users of Facebook offering up vast amounts of private information without a thought to how it may be used, McKenna takes the idea further and wonders what would really happen if an organisation made use of subliminal psychotic induction to further their unscrupulous ends. What would happen if governments did the same? Are totalitarian governments using SPI now?
A volunteer, a committed tea drinker, suddenly finds herself ordering coffee, a seemingly innocent behavioural shift; but what really is the potential of a device banned in America years ago because of its disturbing and potential impact. What if powerful bodies did use it for immoral ends? What political, religious or commercial forces out there today might inflict subliminal suggestion for their demands on a gullible public? Advocates for totalitarian and fanatical regimes are all around us and SPI could give them popular if unwitting voice. McKenna tells us not to sleep easy at night.
Throughout this thriller there are ethical dilemmas, when to confess, who to execute, when to sit on the fence. DI Sean Fagan has the added complication when he realises he is hunting a force capable of global influence over countless killers. Not only this, he also becomes acutely aware the Government also knows and is simply observing. When his own young daughters become involved, he too is caught up in a moral maze which requires some tough decisions.
Set alongside these conundrums readers are treated to a fast-paced narrative; The Unseen positively rattles along so the reader feels they too might become the victim of subliminal psychotic induction. It is certainly a left field approach to thriller-writing and although the rules of engagement are not broken, The Unseen's subject matter is original enough to maintain interest until the denouement.
JW McKenna's latest novel The Uncounted, centred on Human Trafficking, has just been released in January 2012and is available on kindle see amazon for more details.
Vivienne Neale, author, critic and editor[...]
James McKenna's thriller, `The Unseen' combines the ritual murder of three young women with the concept of subliminal psychotic induction in a fast and enthralling narrative which successfully relies on sheer pace and action to keep the reader's brain and gut engaged. However, should you be faint- hearted the visceral descriptions of a psychopathic murderer at work over his female victims may not appeal and I suggest this book is probably not for you, but if gaming, corporate and government immorality plus dark murder are up your street then `The Unseen' will provide tense enjoyment.
The Unseen's opening chapter sets out the stall succinctly and suggests the particular morality at play, `What do you bribe a nun with?' one of the characters asks; good question. McKenna asks plenty of difficult questions throughout `The Unseen' which suggests the reader really should consider how often he or she may have been the victim of subliminal suggestion. This novel was originally published in 2008 but perhaps is now even more apposite. With Google's change in privacy terms and users of Facebook offering up vast amounts of private information without a thought to how it may be used, McKenna takes the idea further and wonders what would really happen if an organisation made use of subliminal psychotic induction to further their unscrupulous ends. What would happen if governments did the same? Are totalitarian governments using SPI now?
A volunteer, a committed tea drinker, suddenly finds herself ordering coffee, a seemingly innocent behavioural shift; but what really is the potential of a device banned in America years ago because of its disturbing and potential impact. What if powerful bodies did use it for immoral ends? What political, religious or commercial forces out there today might inflict subliminal suggestion for their demands on a gullible public? Advocates for totalitarian and fanatical regimes are all around us and SPI could give them popular if unwitting voice. McKenna tells us not to sleep easy at night.
Throughout this thriller there are ethical dilemmas, when to confess, who to execute, when to sit on the fence. DI Sean Fagan has the added complication when he realises he is hunting a force capable of global influence over countless killers. Not only this, he also becomes acutely aware the Government also knows and is simply observing. When his own young daughters become involved, he too is caught up in a moral maze which requires some tough decisions.
Set alongside these conundrums readers are treated to a fast-paced narrative; The Unseen positively rattles along so the reader feels they too might become the victim of subliminal psychotic induction. It is certainly a left field approach to thriller-writing and although the rules of engagement are not broken, The Unseen's subject matter is original enough to maintain interest until the denouement.
JW McKenna's latest novel The Uncounted, centred on Human Trafficking, has just been released in January 2012and is available on kindle see amazon for more details.
Vivienne Neale, author, critic and editor[...]
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I just could not put this book down. The best thriller I have ever read.
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