From the man who thinks he can fly to the woman who killed her husband, the other patients are nothing like him all he did was lose his temper just a little bit, just the once. If he could just get through to his mother, he could convince her that he doesn't belong at Brookline. Ricky Desmond has been through this all before. With the page-turning suspense and unsettling found photographs from real asylums that led Publishers Weekly to call Asylum 'a strong YA debut,' Escape from Asylum is perfect for fans of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. In this terrifying prequel novel to the New York Times bestselling Asylum series, a teen is wrongfully committed to the Brookline psychiatric hospital and must find a way out-before he becomes the next victim of the evil warden's experiments. With the help of a sympathetic nurse and a fellow patient, Ricky needs to escape now. But when Ricky is selected by the sinister Warden Crawford for a very special program, a program that the warden claims will not cure him but perfect him, Ricky realizes that he may not be able to wait for his mom a second longer. What lies in Brookline is not for the faint of heart, and Ricky soon realizes that he must escape before the Asylum takes his life - and his sanity.Ī intriguing tale of thrill and horror, “Escape from Asylum” provides an even deeper backstory for series fans as to what really happened at Brookline.About the Book Ricky Desmond has been through this all before. Whispers emerge that the Warden’s treatments are not all that they may seem. But who is this mystery patient? And what are the Warden’s plans for them? As the shadows lurk closer, Ricky finds himself trapped in the very heart of a dark plot.Ī rattling heartbeat that shakes the walls.

Warden Crawford and his onslaught of nurses speak of a Patient Zero, the very first test subject.

The year is 1968, and the legacy of Brookline Asylum is only beginning. Except that this time, it was past an almost. His parents have threatened to lock him up before, and they had almost gone through with it too. True, he may have anger management issues, but he always thought that was something that he could deal with.

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Escape from asylum by madeleine roux