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THE INSTITUTE - STEPHEN KING KARTONIERT (TB)

***NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES FROM MGM+ ***  '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 - and now a major TV series.

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