Luke Ellis, a twelve-year-old prodigy, is abducted from his suburban home after intruders murder his parents. He wakes up at the Institute, a clandestine facility hidden in the Maine woods where children with telekinetic or telepathic abilities are imprisoned. Under the direction of Mrs. Sigsby, the staff subjects the captives to painful experiments designed to weaponize their psychic energy for government assassinations. Luke eventually navigates the facility's strict Front Half and Back Half divisions to plot an escape, seeking help from a former police officer in a small South Carolina town.
Readers of supernatural thrillers and suspense fiction follow this narrative to observe the confrontation between institutional cruelty and adolescent resilience. Those interested in the ethics of state-sanctioned violence find a story focused on how collective action can dismantle entrenched systems of exploitation. The reader learns how individual trauma is managed within a bureaucratic environment and walks away with a detailed account of how ordinary people react when confronted by a conspiracy that views humans as expendable tools.
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
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