I, Ghost is a paranormal story written by the ghost. The protagonist is tortured in a program by the Institute to extract the body's pain fighting chemicals. An error by Jon, an eighteen-year-old surly boy and the son of his torturer, Leon, leads to the death of the subject. His spirit enters the next world, a realm of souls trapped between the physical world and the next domain. The inability to let go of the entrapments of the physical life they left behind holds them in this realm. The ghost realizes this and can move on, but seeks revenge on those who tortured and killed him.
As a spirit, he is unable to sense the physical world, but can enter the minds of those he had interacted with and perceive the world through them. The more time he is with them the stronger the bond until he is able to influence them. He creates nightmares in both Jon and Leon.
The Institute takes Jon on as a student in their medical training program, and he proves quite adept in diagnostics. The spirit is able to funnel information from the next domain of Knowledge into Jon giving him the ability to make accurate diagnoses of patients. The spirit develops an affinity for Jon as it helps him.
Jon and Leon's interactions with other people allows the ghost to become familiar with and enter them. He learns that Dr. Yoon, the supervisor, is part of a nefarious North Korean scheme to extort billions of dollars from the world to stem a disease they have created. The spirit plants doubt and caution into Jon who posts information about the virus and a vaccine online, thus disrupting the plan.
The dimension of Knowledge the destination of souls and beckons the spirit to join, but he resists, feeling a duty to punish those at the Institute responsible for the torture and potential pandemic. He realizes Leon was a puppet in this project and a liability to the Institute if their torture program is revealed. A plan forms to destroy those behind this scheme.
