The protagonist returns home from work and checks e-mail, learning that Dr. Roxanne “Roxy” Westbridge has bought a reportedly haunted house in North Carolina and is testing paranormal equipment there. A friend asks the protagonist to check on her, worried that she may be moving too quickly with the still undeveloped ghost hunting gear.

Driving to the house by highway and then a long dirt road, the protagonist sees an apparition in the road, swerves, and ends up in a nearby pond. After emerging soaked, the protagonist explores the garage and house.

Roxy is found unconscious in the garage with a device on her head, and the house has no electricity. After restoring power, the protagonist discovers several ghost hunting devices, including surveillance cameras, the BAR, a doorknob sensor, the PeeK, and the AMBER headset.

The AMBER device is still in testing and is considered very risky. Roxy’s spirit is apparently lost “somewhere” after she attempted to use it.