Steven spent his childhood reading anything he could get his hands on, sharing his favorite stories with his younger brothers and then acting them out, especially if this required sword fighting on horseback. She does significantly better with llamas. When she finally met Anne McCaffrey at a fantasy convention some two decades later, she wept uncontrollably throughout the entire affair. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.Īs a child, Erin fell in love with llamas and with the books of Anne McCaffrey, whose Dragonriders of Pern series inspired her to become a writer. Recommended for fans of Stranger Things and Ready Player One. government so interested in six outcasts? And what, exactly, is it teaching them to do? Now, they must band together to uncover the true purpose behind the institute-and the ancient secrets that lie hidden beneath its surface. Hoping to turn pro, and a constant disappointment to his father.īut why is the U.S. Mackenzie Gray, 17-the disciplined athlete.Īrmors her deepest fears against a world she can't control.

Hides his private thoughts in the soundtrack of his mind.Ĭan fix anything, except the one thing that matters most. Isolated by a premonition even she doesn't understand. Samantha Prescott, 16-the sarcastic nerd. Seven years later, every public school student in America takes a strange new test, but only six are chosen to attend a summer program at the mysterious Institute for the Cultivation of Intuitive Cognition, where nothing is as it appears to be, including the students themselves. In Egypt, an archaeological team discovers the lost tomb of Alexander the Great. IMAGINATION JUST BECAME OUR GREATEST WEAPON.

The Intuitives by Erin Michelle Sky