After Thomas and his companions are rescued they arrive at whatever place it is the boys are dropped off by WICKED. The building is a large room with two dormitories off the main room; Thomas is awakened the first night when Teresa is pulled from him - screaming in his mind. When the boys awaken it is to find their windows replaced with screaming creatures - humans who have begun to deteriorate and call themselves the Cranks.
Thomas and his friends flee the creatures and Thomas searches for Teresa. In her place they find Aris - another boy. Aris describes an experience very like what the boys experienced in the maze. Aris was placed in a maze full of girls and young women, much like Teresa joined the boys. Thomas is concerned for Teresa and Aris is barely accepted by the boys.
After several days locked in the building without food and afraid to leave for fear of finding more Cranks, a strange man appears with food and gives the boys a directive. They will cross hundreds of miles of the Scorch to a barren city and beyond the mountains and a safe zone.
Along the way Thomas, Aris, and the boys from the maze encounter more Cranks and most survive. But when Teresa and the other girls appear will the two groups survive the planned betrayal? Teen and young adult readers will enjoy Dashner's dystopia. Some violence and romantic tension pervade the story.
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