The Institute
By Nate Feldman Stephen King's The Institute begins with Tim Jamieson preparing to take a flight from Tampa to New York when he agrees to an offer to forgo the flight in return for compensation. He begins heading north from Florida, but when he arrives in South Carolina, he stops in the town of DuPray where he sees they are offering a job for a night knocker, another name for a nighttime security guard in the town. He builds relationships with many of the locals and begins to grow fond of the town. One night, a local convenience store is robbed, and the cashier is shot. Eventually, the local sheriff asks Tim if he would like to be promoted to the police force full-time. Meanwhile, in Minnesota, Luke Ellis is a 12-year old academic prodigy whose school is suggesting he attend MIT and Emerson college simultaneously. However, one night, he is kidnapped in his home, and his parents are killed. He is taken to "the Institute," a place in ...