

Government and order have disintegrated and now Cranks, people driven to murderous insanity by the infectious disease known as the Flare, roam the crumbling cities hunting for their next victim\.and meal.Thomas can only wonder - does he hold the secret of freedom somewhere on his mind? Or will he forever be at the mercy of WICKED? The pulse-pounding sequel to The Maze Runner. But no one knew what sort of life they were going back to. Thomas was sure that escape from the maze meant he and the Gladers would get their lives back.

All they know is that every morning when the walls slide back, they will risk everything - even the Grievers, half-machine, half-animal horror that patrol its corridors, to try and find out. Like Thomas, the Gladers don't know why or how they came to be there - or what's happened to the world outside. He's surrounded by boys who welcome him to the Glade - a walled encampment at the centre of a bizarre and terrible stone maze. When the doors of the lift crank open, the only thing Thomas remembers is his first name.
