Struggling to find something that's like Hawkins lab/Never let me go (but from the children's perspective throughout)/Unwind by Neal Shusterman is pretty close but wish i could find something not YA.
Think Poppy Playtime lore but as a book…
Please NOT 'the institute' by Stephen King. It's dreadful.
also, preferably established authors as I've wasted so much money on Amazon self published drivel.
by BossScraggs