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. And there is no hope of escape.īut 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. But he’s about to take on the biggest case of his career.īack 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 he has another gift which the Institute wants to use…įar away in a small town in South Carolina, former cop Tim Jamieson has taken a job working for the local Sherrif. He’s just a regular 12-year-old, except he’s not just smart, he’s super-smart. In the Institute they are subjected to a series of tests and procedures meant to combine their exceptional gifts – telepathy, telekinesis – for concentrated effect. “ Deep in the woods of Maine, there is a dark state facility where kids, abducted from across the United States, are incarcerated. It was also perfect for the Books N’ Beyond readathon prompt- a spooky book as well as Askreads Octspookathon prompt- a recent book released in 2019. I read and collected his work ever since I was in high school so when I heard that he was publishing a new book just in time for Halloween, I knew I had to read it this month. Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (Hachette India)ĭate of Publication: 30th September, 2019

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