| Title | The Maze Runner
The Death Cure |
|---|---|
| Author | James Dashner |
| Publication | Chicken House |
| Size | 330p |
| Language | ENG |
| ISBN | 9781908435200 |
| Topics |
American fiction--Juvenile--Science fiction Post-apocalyptic world--Fiction Books adapted into a film or play Age group--Youth (10-18) |
| Notes | The protagonist, Thomas, is held in solitary confinement, but is eventually released by Assistant Director Janson also known as Ratman by the gladers, who tells the Gladers and Group B that there is a cure for the Flare (a deadly disease). Many of those present were immune to the Flare while some, including Newt, were not, and escaping would serve no purpose, for people in the outside world despise the Immunes. The Gladers are offered the chance to restore their memories and remove the controllers in their heads. Without the devices, Thomas, Teresa, and Aris will no longer be able to communicate telepathically. Thomas, Minho, and Newt were the only ones to choose not to undergo the procedure, but Janson later attempts to force them into the process, because he feels that they will be no help to finding the cure if they don't get their memories back. All three of them escape before having chips removed, with the help of Brenda and Jorge, who are revealed to be working for WICKED, and were sent to the Scorch as an assignment. Thomas feels betrayed, but Brenda convinces him that she had no choice and that most of her behavior was not a deception, and Thomas forgives her. Soon afterward, the Gladers discover that everyone who had undergone the restoration procedure had abandoned them, and Newt begins to succumb to the Flare, suffering sharp mood swings. Newt gives Thomas a note and tells him to open it "when the time is right." The five of them then go to Denver looking for a man called Hans who can take out Thomas, Minho, and Newt's mind controlling chips, and for the other Gladers that also came to Denver. [wikipedia] |