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The Institute

The Institute

Released: 2019-09-10
© Hodder & Stoughton
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Released: 2019-09-10
© Hodder & Stoughton

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'It does everything you'd expect of a masterpiece - and it is one' Sunday Express
'Hums and crackles with delicious unease' Independent
'A captivating, hybrid novel that shape-shifts through several genres' The Sunday Times
Deep in the woods of Maine, there is a dark state facility where kids, abducted from across the United States, are incarcerated. In the Institute they are subjected to a series of tests and procedures meant to combine their exceptional gifts - telepathy, telekinesis - for concentrated effect.
Luke Ellis is the latest recruit. He's just a regular 12-year-old, except he's not just smart, he's super-smart. And he has another gift which the Institute wants to use...
Far away in a small town in South Carolina, former cop Tim Jamieson has taken a job working for the local sheriff. He's basically just walking the beat. But he's about to take on the biggest case of his career.
Back in the Institute's downtrodden playground and corridors where posters advertise 'just another day in paradise', Luke, his friend Kalisha and the other kids are in no doubt that they are prisoners, not guests. And there is no hope of escape.
But great events can turn on small hinges and Luke is about to team up with a new, even younger recruit, Avery Dixon, whose ability to read minds is off the scale. While the Institute may want to harness their powers for covert ends, the combined intelligence of Luke and Avery is beyond anything that even those who run the experiments - even the infamous Mrs Sigsby - suspect.
Thrilling, suspenseful, heartbreaking, THE INSTITUTE is a stunning novel of childhood betrayed and hope regained.

Apple Books: Customer Ratings

Ratings & Reviews

4.5 of 5 (122 Ratings)

Apple Books: Customer Reviews

2019-11-07

Loved it

Taken by themselves, the propositions contained in the book is absolutely farcical. However, the utter genius of King is that he can take preposterous ideas and magic them into exciting page turners you become fully invested in and just can’t put down.
SPOILER ALERT.
Although a riveting and exciting book, the only small jarring point for me was the usb thumb drive McGuffin. This article becomes somewhat of an important almost magical item to be kept safe and treasured. I kept thinking “you do realise you can just copy the data to a computer or other usb drive(s) don’t you? Even if encrypted, it can be done?” In addition I kept questioning whether, in this age of almost flawless special fx, the evidence on the usb drive was as water tight as it’s portrayed.
This is a small gripe - my advice - just read it.
lodgey889
2019-10-04

King back to his best

Very good read, only criticism is I wish he would get back to some horror!
Meadjuice
2019-10-03

Loves reading

I was hoping this was going to be a good book and I was NOT let down. SK has a way of telling these types of stories that makes them unputdownable (I know it’s not a word, but it should be and the definition should say.... Stephen Kings books. Especially this one) has Stephen King ever been checked for any psychic abilities? It’s like he just knows! Lol.... Anyway if your looking for a good thriller then this is your book.
Cowbagmooey