The Institute

A #1 New York Times Bestseller and soon to be a major series by the director of Big Little Lies.

In the dead of night, Luke Ellis’s parents are murdered, and he’s kidnapped by strangers. When he wakes up, he’s in a place called the Institute — a shadowy facility for children with special powers like telekinesis and telepathy.

Inside, the staff are cold, the rules are strict, and the experiments are cruel. The director, Mrs. Sigsby, is determined to extract every last drop of their abilities — no matter the cost. Luke befriends other children and realizes escape is nearly impossible.

But he has to try.

King delivers a harrowing and propulsive novel about lost innocence, institutional abuse, and the unbreakable will to survive.