Can the girls be trusted? Will the Gladers make it to the safe haven? And if they do make it, how safe will it really be?Ī blistering desert wasteland around the equator, including central and South America, most of Africa, the Middle East and Southern Asia. He worries about his separation from Teresa and the Gladers, and wonders at the label WICKED has tattooed on his neck: ‘To be Killed by Group B’.Īfter facing untold danger and near death, Thomas and the Gladers come face to face with their greatest challenge yet: Group B. Plagued by fleeting dreams and memories of his life before the Glade, Thomas has far more than Cranks on his mind. Danger lurks in the darkness: the worst Cranks, their humanity long gone, inhabit the deepest tunnels – but there’s no way out but forward… But as they venture into the Underneath – a series of dank tunnels, offering safe passage from the burning sun – Thomas and Brenda are separated from the others and trapped underground after a massive explosion.
They forge an alliance with newly-infected Cranks Jorge and Brenda, who promise to lead them through the city in exchange for a share of WICKED’s promised Cure. Their numbers dwindle as they journey through the desert, but the Gladers finally make it to the Crank city. The Gladers’ challenge is to journey through the Scorch to reach a safe haven – and a promised cure – on the other side of a Crank-infested city, before their time runs out. WICKED has injected each of the boys with the deadly Flare. The Gladers learn that they weren’t the only group to experience the Maze – a number of girls and a single boy, Aris, escaped their version of the test a few days before the Gladers.īut the Maze was only the beginning: Phase Two of the ‘Trials’ has already begun. Teresa herself has disappeared, replaced by a boy called Aris. Teresa’s label is ‘the Betrayer’, a title left on the door of the dormitory she’d occupied. The boys awaken in the dormitory to find themselves abandoned by WICKED and tattooed with a single label. The infected are known as ‘Cranks’, zombie-like creatures devoid of humanity and filled with rage. The Flare infects the brain, slowly consuming the mind. Furthermore, the population has been decimated by a new and deadly disease: the Flare. But the world outside is far from safe…Įarth has been ravaged by sun flares, entire continents transformed into desert wasteland, cities destroyed and fresh water scarce. Resting in a secure dormitory, they believe their ordeal is finally over. Thomas and the Gladers have escaped from the Maze and discovered the true purpose of their suffering: the Maze was a grand experiment, orchestrated by international task force WICKED.
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