The Maze Runner Trilogy

Ok, so it starts out all innocent like, and yet there's this air of curiosity as you begin reading as you just wonder what the heck is going on.

Thomas is a teenager, and he has lost his memories.  The book begins with him stuck in a dark elevator, not knowing where he is and why he is there.  The top of the elevator opens and he finds himself in a place called the glade, which is a mostly self sustaining environment full of other teenage boys who had also lost their memory prior to entering "The Glade" just as he has.  This is all surrounded by a square of very tall stone walls with a gap in the center of each side.  Outside the gaps is a maze, which a select few of the "Gladers" have been tirelessly searching to find a way out.  There's a catch, though, which is that the gaps close at night time and monsters come into the maze and anyone caught outside after nightfall is sure to have a rough time.

Warning:  This may spoil the first book if you really want to read the series all the way through.  Skip to the bottom if you don't want any spoilers.

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So, continuing in the series, the Gladers are finally out of the maze, but now they have an even harder challenge ahead.  The challenge is to traverse 100 miles of tunnels, desert, and crank infested land to secure the cure to the illness they've all been infected with.  Thomas will soon find that he has more than one love interest, but what will happen with this love triangle?

Warning:  Don't read this if you want to read the series all the way through.

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So, Teresa's betrayal of Thomas weighs heavily on his heart, and he may never forgive her for what she did.  But, life goes on, and the Gladers must find a way out of the compound they are being held captive at, and find a way to get the chip out of their brains that the evil corporation is using to control them.  Will they find a cure to the deadly disease called "The Flare"?  I guess you'll just have to read it and find out.

I thought these books were just fantastic, and when I finished the second book, I just had to go out at 6:30 on black Friday morning just to procure the third book.  So, I subsequently finished the third book that very day.  Warning:  If you finish the second and third books in three days you may go into major withdrawal and feel like there is a big hole in your life. 

Luckily there is a prequel that you can read as well.  I have not had the delight of reading this one yet, because I try not to buy too many things for myself this close to Christmas.  And, I did ask for the Maze Runner books that I don't have for Christmas, so I guess I'll just have to wait and see.  Worst comes to worst I'll just buy the scorch trials for myself, and experience the awesomeness once more.