Boys are being trained at one school for geniuses, girls at another.
Neither knows the other exists--until now. The New York Times
bestselling author of Bird Box invites you into a world of secrets and
chills in a coming-of-age story like no other.
NOMINATED FOR THE BRAM STOKER AWARD - "Josh Malerman is a master at
unsettling you--and keeping you off-balance until the last page is
turned."--Chuck Wendig, New York Times bestselling author of
Blackbirds
J is a student at a school deep in a forest far away from the rest of
the world.
J is one of only twenty-six students, all of whom think of the school's
enigmatic founder as their father. J's peers are the only family he has
ever had. The students are being trained to be prodigies of art,
science, and athletics, and their life at the school is all they
know--and all they are allowed to know.
But J suspects that there is something out there, beyond the pines, that
the founder does not want him to see, and he's beginning to ask
questions. What is the real purpose of this place? Why can the students
never leave? And what secrets is their father hiding from them?
Meanwhile, on the other side of the forest, in a school very much like
J's, a girl named K is asking the same questions. J has never seen a
girl, and K has never seen a boy. As K and J work to investigate the
secrets of their two strange schools, they come to discover something
even more mysterious: each other.
Praise for Inspection
"Creepy. . . a novel whose premise is also claustrophobic and
unsettling, but more ambitious than that of Bird Box . . .
Inspection is rich with dread and builds to a dramatic
climax."--The Washington Post
"This unlikely cross between 1984 and Lord of the Flies
tantalizes."--Kirkus Reviews
"Malerman builds a striking world. . . . As he did in Bird Box,
Malerman's crafted an irresistible scenario that's rich in possibility
and thematic fruit. . . . Where [Bird Box] confined us behind a
blindfold, Inspection rips it off." **--*The A. V. Club
"A must read . . . It's a wonderful thing, digging into a new Josh
Malerman novel--no idea what to expect, no clue where his twisted mind
is going to take you."--Cemetery Dance
