The first 2 books in the series have now become movies, with the third, The Death Cure set to release in February 2018. The excitement comes from action sequences in the Maze itself, which is heart-pounding stuff, but the real reason it's so addictive is the mystery. The Maze Runner is fast-paced, compulsive reading, managing to be both exciting and mysterious. Each day they return before dark, before the doors shut, lest they be caught in the Maze overnight- an event that no-one has survived.

Each morning the doors of the Maze open, and a group of Runners take off in search of a way out. The Kill Order wont make sense without the Maze Runner series.

There are references, answers, and spoilers in the Kill Order that require you to know whats in the series first. James Dashner is the author of the 1 New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series: The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials, The Death Cure, The Kill Order and The Fever Code, as well as the bestselling Mortality Doctrine series: The Eye of Minds, The Rule of Thoughts, and The Game of Lives. Maze Runner, Scorch Trials, Death Cure, Kill Order. A world where the walls move every night and terrifying creatures known as Grievers roam, the Maze is a place that Thomas knows he must escape.ĭriven by a burning need to become a Runner- one of the boys who explore the Maze by day- Thomas works hard to integrate himself into his new society. Definitely read them in order of publishment. The Maze Runner is a series of young adult dystopian science fiction novels written by American author James Dashner. Waking up in a lift knowing nothing but his name, Thomas is introduced to his new world by a group of teenage boys calling themselves Gladers- a self-sustaining community of boys living in in a glade at the centre of a giant stone maze. Set sometime in the not-too-distant future, The Maze Runner is an exciting post-apocalyptic YA novel by James Dashner, centred around a young man, Thomas.

The maze runner book series in order