human experimentation in psychology

"It's the summer of 1969 . . . As a student at a quiet college campus in the heartland of Indiana, Terry Ives couldn't be farther from the front lines of Vietnam or the incendiary protests in Washington. But the world is changing, and Terry isn't content to watch from the sidelines. When word gets around about an important government experiment in the small town of Hawkins, she signs on as a test subject for the project, code named MKULTRA. Unmarked vans, a remote lab deep in the woods, mind-altering substances administered by tight lipped researchers . . . and a mystery the young and restless Terry is determined to uncover . . . To face it, she'll need the help of her fellow test subjects, including one so mysterious the world doesn't know she exists--a young girl with unexplainable, superhuman powers and a number instead of a name: 008"--Provided by publisher.

"It's the summer of 1969 . . . As a student at a quiet college campus in the heartland of Indiana, Terry Ives couldn't be farther from the front lines of Vietnam or the incendiary protests in Washington. But the world is changing, and Terry isn't content to watch from the sidelines. When word gets around about an important government experiment in the small town of Hawkins, she signs on as a test subject for the project, code named MKULTRA. Unmarked vans, a remote lab deep in the woods, mind-altering substances administered by tight lipped researchers . . . and a mystery the young and restless Terry is determined to uncover . . . To face it, she'll need the help of her fellow test subjects, including one so mysterious the world doesn't know she exists--a young girl with unexplainable, superhuman powers and a number instead of a name: 008"--Provided by publisher.

Jessica Farris signs up for an anonymous psychological study on ethics and morality done by the mysterious Dr. Shields. The sessions turn into intense outings where Jessica is told what to wear and how to act, and she fears Dr. Shields knows a secret from her past that she's hiding. Before Jessica realizes it, she has become trapped in a web of deceit, jealousy, and deadly obsession.

In a wondrous parallel world where witches soar the skies and Ice Bears rule the frozen North, one special girl is destined to hold the fate of the universe in her hands. When Lyra Belacqua becomes the keeper of the Golden Compass, she discovers that her world and all those beyond are threatened by the secret plans of Ms. Coulter. With the help of Lord Asriel and a group of unlikely allies ready to stand at her side, Lyra embarks on an extraordinary quest that celebrates friendship and courage against all odds.

Dr. John Brook lands a research job working with Dr. Robert Hartigan who is conducting electromagnetic brain experiments on a group of prisoners in an attempt to control their criminal behavior, but Brook soon notices the treatments are having an opposite effect, and when two of the patients escape, a killing spree begins.