
This hefty, provocative book will appeal particularly to King's long-standing fans.The town of DuPray will be familiar territory for King’s Constant Readers, as he calls us: a neighbourly place, small enough for everyone to know everyone’s business yet large enough for sinister interlopers to hide between the cracks.

It's familiar King territory and all the better for it. I still look forward as much as I ever did to each new novel or short story collection. a thrilling, chilling ride - Love Reading Stephen King has written the most readable and electrifying tale. Hums and crackles with delicious unease.King is supreme at crafting the building blocks of a story and laying them together in a slick, teasing and apparently simple way - Independent The Master of Storytelling at his very best - which means better than anyone else

THE INSTITUTE will delight King's devoted readers and create a whole new generation of lifelong fans. It does everything you'd expect of a masterpiece - and it is one - Sunday Express Once pigeon-holed as a 'horror-meister', King has become a formidably versatile author, enabling him to pull off a captivating, hybrid novel that shape-shifts through several genres - The Sunday TimesĪ testament to the power of resilience and friendship. a dazzling achievement' - Daily ExpressĪ terrific book - a flat out pedal to the metal thriller. an immersive tale full of suspense and thrills that will keep readers up late at night racing towards a heartbreaking yet glorious finale. 'An epic tale of childhood betrayal and hope regained. He doesn't know he's about to take on the biggest case of his career. 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. Until Luke teams up with an even younger boy whose powers of telepathy are off the scale. Here, kids with special talents - telekinesis and telepathy - like Luke's new friends Kalisha, Nick and Iris, are subjected to a series of experiments. 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. NO ONE HAS EVER ESCAPED FROM THE INSTITUTE.

'Hums and crackles with delicious unease' Independent 'It does everything you'd expect of a masterpiece - and it is one' Sunday Express the hugely anticipated paperback edition of King's bestselling hardback which combines the childhood camaraderie of IT with the suspense of THE OUTSIDER.
