INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY

By:Gary Frank

Publisher:Medallion Press, Inc.

Pages: 397

ISBN: 978-1933836409

Rating:***1/2

Synopsis: Standing five-stories tall in a relatively small city, the Howard Phillips building is like any other building: it is secretly inhabited by an entity from another plane of existence that feeds off the energy of the people who work within its walls. Unfortunately, the life form inhabiting this particular building has been infected by a sort of virus of hate; as companies move out and its inhabitants dwindle this alien intelligence has chosen to use fear as a means of obtaining sustenance. It is up to Jon, Marcy, and Bettie to stop this haunting presence before it’s too late.

Review: Institutional Memory was a perfectly average book, it delivers an interesting story about a haunted office building that feeds on its workers. The characters were well developed but felt more like caricatures of real people. As for the story, it was readable from start to finish. However, it was difficult to sit through the slower points that felt more like filler between the building’s next victim.  In fact the most developed character in the book was the building itself.

The Howard Phillips building taunts the workers inside of it and has an ominous feel to it. At times the buildings descriptions were disturbing to imagine yet they were never enough to cause absolute dread at any given point. Institutional Memory was predictable at points but was a generally entertaining read.

Author’s site: http://www.authorgaryfrank.com/

Publisher’s site: http://www.medallionpress.com