the maze runner

The maze runner is a dystopian novel written by the American author James Dashner, as the first book of the homonymous trilogy. It was published in October 2009 by Delacorte Press, division of Random House Mondadori. It is written in the third person focusing especially on Thomas, a teenager who one day wakes up in a green area where other young people of his age live in the center of a labyrinth, and can not remember more than his name; with the passage of time, he will have to learn to live with the other inhabitants and will unravel the mysteries of how they got there. The book obtained favorable reviews from critics, who praised the atmosphere and the suspense of the plot. He also won numerous awards, including the best-seller label.

Synopsis:

Upon awakening inside a dark moving box, Thomas does not even remember his name. He does not know who he is. Nor where is it going? But he is not alone: ​​when the elevator reaches its destination, the doors open and he is surrounded by a group of young people (all male).

The Glade (the Claro in Spain, the Area in Spanish America) is an open space surrounded by gigantic walls full of vegetation. Like Thomas, none of them knows how he got there. Not why? What they are sure of is that each morning the stone doors that separate them from the labyrinth that surrounds them open and at night, they close. And that every month someone new is delivered by the elevator.

 One fact alters in a radical way the routine of the place: days after the arrival of Thomas a girl arrives, the first sent to the Glade, and even more surprising is the message it brings. Thomas will be more important than he imagines. But for that you must discover the dark secrets stored in your mind. For some reason, he knows that to achieve it he must run. Running will be the key, or he will die.