{"product_id":"the-institute-a-novel-9781508279068","title":"The Institute: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e2020 THRILLER\/SUSPENSE AUDIE AWARD WINNER!  WINNER OF THE 2020 AUDIO PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD  Now an MGM Original Series!  From #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King  the most riveting and unforgettable story of kids confronting evil since It. This is King at his best (St. Louis Post-Dispatch).  In the middle of the night  in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis  intruders silently murder Luke Elliss parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute  in a room that looks just like his own  except theres no window. And outside his door are other doors  behind which are other kids with special talentstelekinesis and telepathywho got to this place the same way Luke did: Kalisha  Nick  George  Iris  and ten-year-old Avery Dixon. They are all in Front Half. Others  Luke learns  graduated to Back Half  like the roach motel  Kalisha says. You check in  but you dont check out.  In this most sinister of institutions  the director  Mrs. Sigsby  and her staff are ruthlessly dedicated to extracting from these children the force of their extranormal gifts. There are no scruples here. If you go along  you get tokens for the vending machines. If you dont  punishment is brutal. As each new victim disappears to Back Half  Luke becomes more and more desperate to get out and get help. But no one has ever escaped from the Institute.  As psychically terrifying as Firestarter  and with the spectacular kid power of It  The Institute is another winner: creepy and touching and horrifyingly believable  all at once (The Boston Globe).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647847882805,"sku":"ByrdShop_1508279063","price":34.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781508279068.jpg?v=1781698040","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-institute-a-novel-9781508279068","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}