It is 1939, and Elisabeth Muldern's dream of teaching needy children is about to come true. She has settled in the poorest section of Chicago to do exactly that. Kenneth Derrin finally finishes medical school, but before he can begin a country practice, his father, owner of Derrin Steel Consoldated, dies, leaving Kenneth to run the vast enterprise. With the world on the brink of another Great War, the Chicago mob sees a lucrative opportunity to seize the steel mill industry across the country. Believing Elisabeth to be a spy for the Feds and Kenneth an uncontrollable liability, the mob seeks to eliminate all threats to the Chicago plants. In Things Not Seen, author Angela Wood reveals how Elisabeth's and Kennth's lives become entwined for survival by Providence.