Boys are getting trained at one school for geniuses, ladies at another. Neither understands the various other exists-until now. THE BRAND NEW York Instances bestselling writer of Bird Box invites you right into a world of secrets and chills within a coming-of-age story like no other.

“Josh Malerman is certainly a master at unsettling you-and keeping you off-balance until the last page is normally turned.”-Chuck Wendig, New York Times bestselling author of Blackbirds

J is students at a college deep within a forest far away about Inspection: A Book from the rest of the world.

J is among just twenty-six students, all of whom think about the school’s enigmatic founder as their father. J’s peers are the just family he provides ever endured. The learners are being trained to be prodigies of artwork, research, and athletics, and their existence at the school is usually all they know-and all they may be allowed to understand.

But J suspects that there surely is something out there, beyond the pines, that this founder does not need him to see, and he’s starting to consult questions. What is the real reason for this place? Why can the learners never leave? And what secrets is normally their father hiding from them?

Meanwhile, on the far side of the forest, in a school like J’s, a girl named K is definitely asking the same questions. J has never seen a girl, and K has never seen a boy. As K and J work to research the secrets of their two unusual schools, they arrive to discover something even more mysterious: one another.

Compliment for Inspection

“Creepy . a book whose premise can be claustrophobic and unsettling, but even more ambitious than that of Parrot Box . . . Inspection is definitely wealthy with dread and builds to a dramatic climax.”-The Washington Post

“This unlikely cross between 1984 and Lord from the Flies tantalizes.”-Kirkus Reviews

“Malerman builds a striking globe. . . . As he do in Bird Box, Malerman’s crafted an irresistible scenario that’s rich in possibility and thematic fruit. . . . Where [Parrot Box] limited us behind a blindfold, Inspection rips it off.” -The A. V. Golf club

“A must read . . . It’s an excellent thing, digging into a fresh Josh Malerman novel-no idea what things to expect, no clue where his twisted brain is going to consider you.”-Cemetery Dance