The Scorch Trials by Dashner #2 in Maze Runner Trilogy

The Death Cure #3 in Trilogy--Fall 2011

Now, instead of trying to find their way through a maze of nice solid walls, the Gladers find themselves on a journey through the Scorch, the most burned part of the world. This waste land was set aside as a place of anything but refuge for Cranks, people who have been infected with the mysterious Flare. They can still think somewhat clear, yet have extremely violent thoughts and super human strength. Burned by sun flares and baked by a new, brutal climate, much of the earth is a wasteland. Government has disintegrated--and with it, so has order—

WICKED constantly adjusts the variables and stack the odds against them.
Everyone has a serious case of mistrust and who’s with who is constantly changing
Thomas can only wonder--does he hold the secret of freedom somewhere in his mind? Or will he forever be at the mercy of WICKED?

The Scorch Trials is action packed, although it is more of the same trial after trial.. The characters are pretty much the same with a few new ones added. WICKED is still as confusing as ever. The Scorch Trials will give readers very few answers; leave them with a lot more questions and waiting with baited breath for the third of the series.