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The Institute

by Stephen King

Abducted gifted children, a secret institute, and a race to escape fuel this suspenseful supernatural thriller.

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About The Institute

NO ONE HAS EVER ESCAPED FROM THE INSTITUTE. Luke Ellis, a super-smart twelve-year-old with an exceptional gift, is the latest in a long line of kids abducted and taken to a secret government facility, hidden deep in the forest in Maine. Here, kids with special talents - telekinesis and telepathy - like Luke's new friends Kalisha, Nick and Iris, are subjected to a series of experiments. There seems to be no hope of escape. Until Luke teams up with an even younger boy whose powers of telepathy are off the scale. Meanwhile, far away in a small town in South Carolina, former cop Tim Jamieson, looking for the quiet life, has taken a job working for the local sheriff. He doesn't know he's about to take on the biggest case of his career . . . THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY OUT.

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Content warnings
  • child abduction
  • child experimentation
  • child abuse
  • medical experimentation
  • torture
  • suicide
  • suicidal ideation
  • murder
  • death of parents
  • seizures
  • violence

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