Waking up in a strange upwardly-moving metal box, with no memory of who he is or how he got there, Thomas emerges into the blinding light of his new home, the Glade – a giant clearing flanked by four impossibly high concrete walls. He is met by a gang of hostile boys who all speak a strange kind of slang he’s never heard before.
Quickly labelled the ‘Greenbean’, Thomas finds his introduction to life in the Glade abrupt and confusing, and no one seems to want to tell him what’s going on or why he’s been sent there. All he knows is that he has a desperate need to get to know the world inside the vast, imposing walls – and an even more burning desire to find out what’s beyond them. All the Gladers will tell him is that, beyond the walls, stretches a dangerous maze, which the Gladers have been trying for years to solve.
Thomas quickly befriends Chuck, a younger boy who – despite being hugely annoying – takes Thomas under his wing and describes to him the workings of the Maze and the various theories …show more content…
His destiny, he believes, is to be a Runner – one of the Gladers tasked with venturing into the Maze during the day to map it out.
Just as Thomas is finding his feet, a new Glader arrives — only this time it’s a girl. Teresa is discovered barely conscious, clutching a piece of paper bearing just five words: She’s the last one. Ever.
After showing courage and skill in surviving a night spent outside the Glade walls, Thomas is promoted to Runner. But with time running out and tensions running high, cracks start to show in the relationships between the boys as they try to push for one last shot at survival and escape... and when Teresa channels a message from the Creators telling them ‘it all has to end’, Thomas must work fast to help the Gladers solve the mystery of the Maze. Even if it means risking his life against the Grievers and confronting his own
Quickly labelled the ‘Greenbean’, Thomas finds his introduction to life in the Glade abrupt and confusing, and no one seems to want to tell him what’s going on or why he’s been sent there. All he knows is that he has a desperate need to get to know the world inside the vast, imposing walls – and an even more burning desire to find out what’s beyond them. All the Gladers will tell him is that, beyond the walls, stretches a dangerous maze, which the Gladers have been trying for years to solve.
Thomas quickly befriends Chuck, a younger boy who – despite being hugely annoying – takes Thomas under his wing and describes to him the workings of the Maze and the various theories …show more content…
His destiny, he believes, is to be a Runner – one of the Gladers tasked with venturing into the Maze during the day to map it out.
Just as Thomas is finding his feet, a new Glader arrives — only this time it’s a girl. Teresa is discovered barely conscious, clutching a piece of paper bearing just five words: She’s the last one. Ever.
After showing courage and skill in surviving a night spent outside the Glade walls, Thomas is promoted to Runner. But with time running out and tensions running high, cracks start to show in the relationships between the boys as they try to push for one last shot at survival and escape... and when Teresa channels a message from the Creators telling them ‘it all has to end’, Thomas must work fast to help the Gladers solve the mystery of the Maze. Even if it means risking his life against the Grievers and confronting his own