But Minho was planning something big - escaping WICKED. Pretty soon, the secret meetings were back in business. He became the little brother they never had. On one of their meetings, Thomas and Teresa stumbled upon a younger kid named Charles, whom Thomas immediately nicknamed Chuck. They did not have any more secret meetings in the maintenance room for quite a while, but then Teresa managed to hack WICKED’s security systems and allowed the friends to meet. The experience really got through to the kids. He begged the kids to find a cure, and then, at his request, Randall Spilker shot him. John Michael, the Flare-ravaged founder of WICKED, appeared with a small chalkboard and wrote "WICKED is good" on it. With the exception of Newt, who was not immune, the four of them were forced to venture into the Crank pits. The three (Newt, Minho, and Alby) took Thomas and Teresa into the outside world, only to be caught by WICKED. Newt, Minho, and Alby quickly became good friends with Thomas and Teresa, and they sneaked around the facility together, having fun every night for nearly a week. But right after that, Thomas and Teresa met a few of the “others”, who were kept away from them in a different part of the WICKED facility. Very soon, after a few conversations with her, the two were promoted to building the Maze. After three years, Thomas was finally allowed to meet Teresa, a girl about his age who had a room next door. Ava Paige, whom he liked most out of all the WICKED staff. During this time, he became acquainted with Dr. Thomas attended advanced classes with various tutors for several years. He was emotionally scarred after this experience. Finally, Stephen admitted that his name was Thomas. A man named Randall Spilker injected him with a pain stimulator, and after terrible bouts of pain, asked Stephen what his name was. WICKED had tried to force the name Thomas upon him, and he had proven resistant. The point of view then switches to Stephen, who was nearly five years old and had just been taken by WICKED. Someone said that they should also take Newt as a control subject, and both he and Lizzy were taken away. Newt's dad shot one of the men in the leg in an attempt to protect his daughter, but a woman pulled out her own weapon and shot Newt's father and mother dead. Suddenly WICKED agents forced their way in and demanded the girl, Lizzy, as they knew she was immune. It snowed that morning, which was unexpected but welcome, and Newt, Lizzy, and their mother watched from the window. The book starts with Newt and his younger sister Lizzy, who were living in a basement with their parents. This is the story of that boy, Thomas, and how he built a maze that only he could tear down. The boy’s name was Thomas, and Thomas built a maze.Īnd there are loyalties history could never have foreseen. Next came WICKED, who were looking for an answer. Families died, violence reigned, and man killed man. Then came a plague, and fever spread across the globe. The forests burned, the lakes and rivers dried up, and the oceans swelled. For years, fans have made it abundantly and enthusiastically clear that they want the same thing, so now seems like the perfect time to give readers the story of how the Maze began.” There are so many things hinted at that will be fun to reveal in depth. The book also features the "purge" that is briefly mentioned in The Death Cure.ĭashner stated, "From the very beginning, I've always wanted to write a prequel about Thomas, Teresa, Newt, Minho, Alby and all the Gladers that leads up to the very moment Thomas enters the Box. The novel explores the creation of the Maze, how the Gladers came to be, and the beginning of the trials explored in The Maze Runner. The novel follows the events after The Kill Order and is considered the second book chronologically. It is the second prequel in the series and the fifth installment overall, preceded by The Kill Order and followed by The Maze Runner. The Fever Code is a young-adult dystopian science-fiction novel and the fifth book in The Maze Runner series written by James Dashner. Let's get him prepped." - The book's last lines And I could never allow that, could I? What we're trying to achieve is much to important.Īva: You were always my favorite. They wanted to end things after the Maze Trials. It was me who infected Chancellor Anderson and his senior staff. I know you won't remember this, but I want to say the words to you anyway. I've just always done what needed to be done.Īva: It was me, Thomas. And I'm sorry to have taken advantage of it so many times. Everything will be alright in the end.Īva: It's your incalculable ability to trust others that has always touched me. " Thomas: You're going to miss me, right?Īva: Don't fight it, Thomas.
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