The concept for the book dates back more than two decades, when King - who has depicted similar psychic characters as loners in books such as “ Carrie,” “The Shining,” “Firestarter” and “ The Dead Zone” - pictured an entire schoolhouse filled with such kids. Those who think of King primarily for horror may be surprised by how much warmth there is in a book that sounds so coldblooded. The author is about to turn 72 as he publishes his 61st novel, “The Institute,” about children who display supernatural abilities being forcibly rounded up for study by a shadowy organization that brutally discards them when their usefulness is exhausted.
That may be why so many readers, many of whom discovered his books when they were kids themselves, have remained loyal over 45 years of storytelling. Within every terrifying story about a shape-shifting killer clown, homicidal father in a haunted hotel or super flu that depopulates the planet, the relentlessly prolific writer has filled his pages with equally powerful supplies of strength, selflessness and even hope. Stephen King wouldn’t still be in business if all he had to sell was fear.
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