The Silent Corner, The Whispering Room, The Crooked Staircase, The Forbidden Door, and The Night Window.

Jane Hawk is Dean Koontz's newest protagonist, and he is sure to produce more stories featuring her. Intuitive, intelligent, beautiful, with a Victoria's Secret model's body, and a solid moral compass, Jane is on the run, a Quantico-trained, experienced FBI agent on temporary leave, who's husband committed suicide under conditions Jane cannot accept. A decorated, mentally healthy former Marine, Jane is certain that Nick's death was not self-inflicted, but somehow masterminded. When Jane's son, five-year old Travis is seriously threatened with rape, torture, and kidnapping, if she does not back off from her investigation of Nick's death, Jane finds a safe place to hide Travis while she goes off the grid to continue her hunt for the perpetrator.

As Jane follows leads, her life is increasingly at threat. Her foes are a growing cabal of self-declared Techno Arcadians, narcissistic, wealthy leaders in industry and government who see an opportunity to seize world control through an insidious technology: an injectable nano-technology web that forms around the brain, enslaving the individual to complete mental control of others who know the phrase that activates the control mechanism, erasing memory where needed to achieve the leader's goals. "Adjusted" people can be forced to kill loved ones, or even commit suicide. Adjusted people can be reached en mass via the "whispering room", to direct a large group in a coordinated manner. By placing adjusted people in key positions in the media, industry, and government, Techno Arcadians can move their agenda forward more quickly. Also injected are those on the "Hamlet List", individuals who are identified via an algorithm as change agents who would impede Arcadians' efforts to impose societal control; they are forced to kill themselves. Jane's husband Nick was such a victim.

As Jane collects evidence in each book, putting together the puzzle pieces of how extensive the deceitful web extends, she must use greater care to counter the technological weapons leveraged against her. Video data from local, state, and federal law enforcement, databases from all levels and branches of government, and personnel from all levels of law enforcement are either adjusted, or are ambitious members of the conspiracy tracking Jane. We meet individual Techno Arcadians who Jane pursues, or are pursuing Jane, and these characters help us understand the nature of the revolution. We also meet citizens who assist Jane at key turning points in her struggle, courageous people who understand the nature of the evil she confronts, and bravely put their lives on the line along with her.

Koontz uses this technology and the power grab as a vehicle to discuss the wisdom of proponents of the "singularity", such as Elon Musk and Ray Kurzweil, when humans and machines will merge to create the next great step in human evolution. Koontz offers this series as a cautionary tale about what we stand to lose, our freedom, self-determination, equality of mankind, by ambitious, and poorly planned human-machine merging. We must not be so rash and gullible, assuming people in power have worked out all the problems, and have our best interests in mind. We must never abdicate personal responsibility for determining our own choices in life, size up our own risks, and know what we are willing to fight for. Koontz is a great writer, and he ratchets up the psychological tension in this thrilling, thoughtful series.