Recommendation Mondays (Backlog): Week 3 - The Maze Runner Trilogy (by James Dashner)

The Maze Runner Trilogy by James Dashner is a series of three books that focus around a teenager named Thomas and his companions as they try to survive a dystopian future where, apparently, Murphy's (or Sod's) Law is as reliable as gravity.

The book series as a whole is hard to talk about without majoooooor spoilers, so I'll just focus on the first book; The Maze Runner.

Thomas awakens, seemingly for the first time, in the Box, being transported up an apparently endless passage way, until he emerges in the Glade, surrounded by other boys who arrived the same way, one every month, for the past three years. They have no idea why they're there, no memories of their past lives and no escape; the Glade is at the center of a huge, constantly-shifting maze that is nearly nigh unchartable during the day and sealed off by massive Doors that protect the Gladers against its horrible inhabitants at night.

No one has ever managed to escape and, even though they are provided for and watched by mysterious "Creators", there seems to be no hope of rescue. The very day after Thomas' arrival, the Glade's first girl is found in the Box, along with a note "She's the last one. Ever".

That night, the Doors don't close. The Gladers realize they can no longer idle as they have done all these years; they have to find a way to escape the Maze. Are they're going to die within it.

Buy the book on amazon here (or just ask to borrow my copy).