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Publication Open Access The Scorch Trials2010 - Dashner, JamesThe novel follows the narrative of the first book in The Maze Runner series, who introduces Thomas, a sixteen-year-old boy that wakes up in a mysterious labyrinth, in whose enclosed central area – called The Glade – live other boys (the Gladers) who were sent there in unknown circumstances as well. After exploring the maze and finding an exit, it is revealed that the world had been ravaged by a coronal mass ejection and that an organisation called WICKED, comprising a number of scientists, sought to reunite people with a natural resistance to a disease called “the Flare” in the maze, using the boys as test subjects so as to observe their capacity of working together as a society. The ending of the first novel sees Thomas and the Gladers confronting WICKED’S scientists; meanwhile, a rescue team invades the facility and takes the Gladers to another place where they are fed and allowed to rest. The Scorch Trials introduces the “Rat Man”, a scientist who explains the boys that WICKED had been studying them in the hope of finding a cure for the Flare, and that they are all infected with the disease as well, albeit being more resistant to it. Now, in order to find a safe haven and a cure, the Gladers are asked to travel to the Scorch (the must burned-out section of the planet after the solar flares that severely damaged it) via a portal and traverse it. This second novel follows the plot of the first, while giving more information about WICKED’s scientific experiments and technological innovations, the disease that spread uncontrollably through the world, and the destruction of the planet due to a natural catastrophe.Publication Open Access The Death Cure2011 - Dashner, JamesThe novel follows the narrative of the second book in The Maze Runner series. The first book introduces Thomas, a sixteen-year-old boy who wakes up in a mysterious labyrinth, in whose enclosed central area – called The Glade – live other boys (the Gladers) who were sent there in unknown circumstances. After exploring the maze and managing to find an exit, it is revealed that the world had been ravaged by a coronal mass ejection and that an organisation called WICKED, comprising a number of scientists, sought to reunite people with a natural resistance to a disease called “the Flare” in the maze, using the boys as test subjects to observe their capacity of working together. The ending of the first novel sees Thomas and the Gladers confronting WICKED’S scientists and being rescued and taken to another place. The Scorch Trials, the second book, introduces the “Rat Man”, a WICKED scientist who explains the boys that the organisation had been studying them in the hope of finding a cure for the Flare, and that they are infected with the disease as well, albeit being more resistant to it. In order for them to find a cure, the Gladers are asked to travel to the Scorch, the most burned-out section of the planet. After meeting several characters and choosing not to trust WICKED, Thomas is caught by the organisation but later manages to escape and kill the “Rat Man”. The epilogue of the novel reveals that the Flare was purposely created by the government so as to control the population, but it spread uncontrollably. The series explores themes such as environmental catastrophe, scientific experiments and innovations, and the use of science both in a nefarious way, with the potential of causing a mass extinction, and as a way of preventing it.Publication Open Access The Maze Runner2009 - Dashner, JamesThe novel follows Thomas, a sixteen-year-old boy who wakes up in a mysterious labyrinth; in the enclosed central area – called The Glade – live other boys – the Gladers – that have previously been put there under unknown circumstances, with no memories of their previous life. As Thomas begins exploring the maze seeking to find clues about their situation and whereabouts (since he becomes a Runner, i.e. those willing to explore the maze), strange and frightening creatures known as Grievers make their appearance. Eventually, it is revealed that the maze is part of a controlled scientific experiment conducted by an organisation called WICKED, who controls a world destroyed by a coronal mass ejection, and which seeks to cure a disease called “the Flare”, who cognitively impairs human beings. In order to do so, WICKED’s scientists sought to reunite people with a natural resistance to the Flare in the maze, so as to test their capacity of working together as a society, solve problems and face unknown threats. The novel’s ending sees Thomas and the rest of the Gladers finding an exit and confronting a number of scientists who were observing them as test subjects. During this confrontation, a rescue team invades WICKED’s facilities, effectively killing all the scientists and taking the Gladers to another place where they are fed and allowed to rest.