The series, revealing details in non-chronological order, tells how the world was devastated by a series of massive solar flares and coronal mass ejections. And if they take away nothing else from this, let it be that WICKED is fantastic. Whether or not they realize it, the future of the world rests in their hands.

How susceptible are they to disease? Is it safer to wait it out in the maze, or should they seek out the WICKED organization and demand their memories be returned? They have no idea of each other’s histories how much can they trust one another? With tensions rising and opinions diverging, the group needs to choose a leader to keep them on track.

However, the Gladers must make a decision that could have significant consequences for their escape strategy.

Victims of the Flare deteriorate slowly as the virus eats away at the brain, transforming them into savage “Cranks” capable of torturing and killing anyone in their way. But even if they do make it out of the Maze, they still have to worry about the deadly Flare disease that is sweeping the world. The series follows young Thomas, a sixteen-year-old boy, narrates the books as he finds himself in the Glade at the center of a massive labyrinth inhabited by terrifying half-human, half-machine creatures called “Ghosts,” whose sole purpose in life is to brutally kill anyone who tries to escape the Maze. It features the SIX thrilling novels in the dystopian survival adventure series by James Dashner. He will try to fulfill a new-found destiny before his path leads to its inevitable conclusion-and one last meeting with his best friend.The Maze Runner series is perfect for fans of other dystopian YA books such as Suzanne Collin’s The Hunger Games trilogy and Veronica Roth’s Divergent series for more action-packed adventures, terrible twists and life-changing sacrifices. Taking place during the latter events of The Death Cure, Crank Palace tells the story of Newt like never before, from inside his own mind, as he searches for meaning in a life gone horribly wrong. Although Newt thought he was running away from his friends to save them from himself, along the way he meets a young mother named Keisha and her son, Dante, who end up saving Newt in a way he could never have imagined. From there, he experiences the gritty nightmare of life on the streets, running from the infected and those hunting them, until he ends up in the Crank Palace, the last dumping ground of those without hope. Leaving only a note, Newt departs the Berg before the Gladers return from their mission into Denver, Colorado. And Newt can't bear the thought of his friends watching him descend into madness as he succumbs to the virus. But now he has a burden that can't be shared with Thomas and the others-the Flare. Newt has been to hell and back with his friends.

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