CD Audiobook
The institute [sound recording] : a novel / Stephen King.
"In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis's 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 there's no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talents--telekinesis and telepathy--who got to this place the same way Luke did ... 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 don't, 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."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781508279068
- Physical Description: 16 audio discs (19 hours) : digital ; 4 3/4 inches
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Audio, [2019]
- Copyright: ℗2019
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Compact disc. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Santino Fontana. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Psychic ability > Fiction. Exploitation > Fiction. Missing children > Fiction. Kidnapping > Fiction. Child abuse > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Audiobooks. Paranormal fiction. |
- Baker & Taylor
Abducted youth Luke Ellis is imprisoned in an inescapable institute, where children with the abilities of telekinesis and telepathy are subjected to torturous manipulation. - Baker & Taylor
Published to coincide with the release of It: Chapter Two, a supernatural thriller finds an abducted youth imprisoned in an inescapable institute, where teens with psychic abilities are subjected to torturous manipulation. By a #1 best-selling author. 1.25 million first printing. - Simon and Schuster
2020 THRILLER/SUSPENSE AUDIE AWARD WINNER!
WINNER OF THE 2020 AUDIO PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King whose âstorytelling transcends genreâ (Newsday) comes âanother winner: creepy and touching and horrifyingly believableâ (The Boston Globe) about a group of kids confronting evil.
In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellisâs 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 thereâs no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talentsâtelekinesis and telepathyâwho 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, âlike the roach motel,â Kalisha says. âYou check in, but you donât check out.â
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 donât, 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 âfirst-rate entertainment that has something important to say. We all need to listenâ (The Washington Post).
