THE INSTITUTE

u003cpu003eu003cbu003e'It does everything you'd expect of a masterpiece - and it is one' u003ciu003eSunday Expressu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbu003e'Hums and crackles with delicious unease' u003ciu003eIndependentu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbu003e'A captivating, hybrid novel that shape-shifts through several genres' u003ciu003eThe Sunday Timesu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003c/pu003e u003cpu003eDeep 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.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eLuke 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...u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eFar 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.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eBack 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.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eBut 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.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eThrilling, suspenseful, heartbreaking, THE INSTITUTE is a stunning novel of childhood betrayed and hope regained.u003c/pu003e