the institute    stephan king   کتاب From 1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King the most riveting and unforgettable story of kids confronting evil since Itpublishing just as the second part of It the movie lands in theaters 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 tenyearold 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 Stephen Kings gutwrenchingly dramatic story of good vs evil in a world where the good guys dont always win