Sample · Horror, Thriller, Supernatural

Listen to The Institute

A short excerpt from The Institute by Stephen King, narrated by Nathaniel. Try other narrators below, then bring your own DRM-free copy to hear the whole book.
Narrated by
Nathaniel
Gravelly male voice, with a time-worn quality
In the middle of the night, on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis’s parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes.

About this sample

Stephen King’s two-minute abduction is reported like a news item. Nathaniel’s gravel gives it the weight of a story told after the fact.
The excerpt is the book’s opening passage, a few sentences long, generated with the same narration pipeline the app uses for whole books. Every narrator you can pick above is available for your own files, in this and 40+ other languages.

How to listen to all of The Institute

1.
Get a DRM-free ebook of The Institute (see the guide on where to find DRM-free ebooks; store purchases with DRM cannot be opened).
2.
Drop the file above or open Book2Speech and choose it. Chapters are detected and front matter is skipped.
3.
Pick Nathaniel or any other narrator and press play. The narration streams within seconds and your position syncs to the iPhone app.

What this page is not

Book2Speech does not sell or distribute audiobooks of The Institute; the rights belong to the author and publisher. This page demonstrates how the narrator sounds on a well-known text. To listen to the book you need your own copy.

Questions people ask

Can I download an audiobook of The Institute here?

No. Book2Speech narrates files you own; it does not provide the book itself.

Can I use a different narrator?

Yes. Tap any voice above to hear the same passage; 260+ narrators are available for your own books.

Is the sample the real product?

Yes. It was generated by the same pipeline that narrates whole books in the app.
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