The Other Ones opens with physicist Damon Devereaux beginning a new life in Greenough Park. In the middle of a contentious divorce from his abusive wife, he relocates to be near his sister, Nancy, and her son, Torrance. But as the old saying goes, you can move, but, unfortunately, you must bring yourself with you.

Damon tries to start fresh as a co-founder of the Greenough Park Institute of Mathematical Physics, a burgeoning company he dreamed into existence with his best friend and colleague, physicist Dawson Kauffman. Having inherited money and successful in his career, he lives in a beautiful, luxurious townhouse with all the amenities. But deep under the surface, Damon’s past abuse and emotional neglect are building into a tempest that will demand recognition.

Despite possessing no fundamental skills other than his brilliant intellect, he uncharacteristically purchases a grand old turn-of-the-century farmhouse in the nearby countryside, slated to be torn down. He hires an unpopular outsider to live on the property and undertake the enormous task of restoring the house. Damon also adopts an unwanted mutt about to be euthanized, all to the puzzlement and chagrin of his friends and family.

To the surprise of everyone, the house slowly returns to life, and Damon along with it. However, the consequences to everyone involved are anything but satisfactory.