#stay away from me with those steven king recs i know of at least two on the tip of your tongue don't do it

[writeouswriter]

Anyone know any good fiction books or podcasts or shows or anything really with shady secret government programs/facilities that are either dealing with people with say psychic abilities, or dealing with secret experimental drugs or memory erasing or mind control or MK-Ultra type conspiracies or the like? And possibly majority set in said facility/program. Relatively grounded in like otherwise fairly modern/or less than 10 years into the future setting.

*Bonus points for tired or scared disaster of a male protagonist.

#constantly searching for over specific recs of everything #stay away from me with those steven king recs i know of at least two on the tip of your tongue don't do it #*stephen #i'm blanking on every possible example i could give right now #i like this trope but i'm like wait where did i even see it last #dollhouse kind of fits? dirk gently also kind of? #dark angel is more dystopian haven't watched yet #limitless not quite but it's got the mind enhancing drug #uhhh seriously at a blank #listened to the podcast homecoming and liked the conspiracy but its ending was really unsatisfying #and i don't wanna watch the prime show #also don't tell me magnus archives girl don't do it #sorry to the person who wanted to recommend me steven king i just i have the institute #and it tends to be the only thing people recommend when i have this request along with firestarter which i have read