The Institute

She survived the jump. But she doesn‘t know why. The Sanctuary meets Shutter Island in this high-concept psychological thriller from the acclaimed author of The Sisterhood. BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER BUT SOME FLY TO THEIR DEATHS A group of students step off a platform into the path of an oncoming train. Billie is the only one who survives. She doesn‘t remember what happened. But she knows this: they weren‘t suicidal. Desperate for answers, Billie agrees to enter the Arbor Institute - a secretive facility investigating a disturbing rise in group suicide cases. There, she learns about ‘flock phenomena‘: a terrifying instinct that drives people to act as one…even to their deaths. She‘s told she‘s at risk of it happening again. That next time, she won‘t survive. But inside the Institute, something isn‘t right. Cut off from the outside world. Watched at every turn. No way out. As Billie begins to uncover the truth, one thing becomes clear: The Institute isn‘t here to save her. And the girl they think they‘ve contained? She‘s not prey. She‘s a survivor. ‘Both thoughtful and compelling, this is a thriller that will leave you thinking long after the last page…Moving and memorable‘ Jo Furniss, author of Dead Mile ‘Brilliantly executed, alarming, deeply disturbing and worryingly believable!‘ Trevor Wood, author of The Inside Man