When the doors of the lift crank open, the only thing Thomas remembers is his fi
rst name. But he's not alone. He's surrounded by boys who welcome him to the Gla
de - a walled encampment at the centre of a bizarre and terrible stone maze. Lik
e Thomas, the Gladers don't know why or how they came to be there - or what's ha
ppened to the world outside. All they know is that every morning when the walls
slide back, they will risk everything - even the Grievers, half-machine, half-an
imal horror that patrol its corridors, to try and find out.
