The Scorch Trials
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Solving the maze was supposed to be the end. Thomas thought he and the gladers were going to be safe. After they were rescued outside of the maze, they realized that they needed one thing and one thing only. They needed to survive. In the maze, life was easy; they had food, shelter, and they were behind the safety of the walls. Out in The Scorch, the most burned out part of the world which had been burned by sun flares, there was no shelter and a brutal climate. The world was now a wasteland inhabiting people with The Flare; a deadly disease caused by the sun flares that makes people loose human instinct and turn then into wild, dangerous animals. Thomas and the other gladers must cross The Scorch in two weeks. Will Thomas ever get his memories back to defeat WICKED, the people that put them in the maze or will he forever be at their mercy?
The Flare
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"The Flare" is a disease that has harshly taken over the world. In The Scorch, a place with a dry brutal climate, everyone has it and it is to kill or to be killed. The Flare targets the brain and turns humans into wild animals. Can Thomas and the gladers get to the other side of The Scorch with all these Cranks running around the city?
Cranks?
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Cranks are what people with The Flare are called, once they are infected and the disease is inside them, they are to be called Cranks. They are almost zombie-like creatures but instead of the slow-moving, not-so-frightening things, Cranks are fast, smart, and have great instincts, just as an animal would. They can sense you and are very strong. There is no way you will want to come across one of these deadly, long-gone people. It takes a while to become what they call a "gone" Crank. It could take a very long time to even start showing symptoms and most people can't afford the cure. The cure is a rare and expensive thing that takes the animal nature directly from inside you. Cranks are dangerous and not to be messed with.
"The Scorch Trials (Maze Runner, #2)." Goodreads. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2014. <http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7631105-the-scorch-trials>.