Mark and Alec are realistic and likable characters, it took me awhile to tear away my bias as I read.( I have to admit I really wanted to know more about the Gladers!) But once I got past it- the characters of The Kill Order are strong and resilient. I came to understand the world they grew up in and what helped create their characters. It puts a whole new perspective on the world Thomas and the Glades lived in. Although not what I expected, I enjoyed learning about the years that brought the world from what we know today to the world of the Glads.
But that shouldn't stop fans of the Maze Runner Series from skipping this prequel. This is the story of Mark and Alec and their group of survivors after the Sun Flares.įor readers looking to read more on Thomas, this might be an initial disappointment. This is before Thomas and the Glades, even before WICKED was created. The Kill Order takes place thirteen years prior to the initial time setting of The Maze Runner. There are frequent flashbacks to thirteen years previous, when Trina and Mark survived the flares and met up with the others. The best they can do is to get Deedee to the government facility in Asheville so that she can be studied for a possible cure for the Flare virus. Things go from bad to worse, and even when they find the girls, keeping everyone safe is impossible. They also find out that the girls are back in the hands of Jed's group, so they take off in a Berg to try to find them.
Mark and Alec get separated from the girls when they try to escape Jed, and stumble upon a Berg landing site, where they find out that the Post-Flare Coalition in Alaska has sent the virus to kill the population, but the virus is mutating. Deedee has been shot by the arrows but is not ill, a fact which makes her group, headed by the zealous Jed, believe that she is sent by the demons who are causing all the trouble. Several of the group die, but Alec, Trina, Mark and Lana set off away from the town, where they happen upon a little girl, Deedee.
Then, giant Bergs descend with soldiers shooting darts at people, who are then infected by a virus that drives them insane and then kills them. They have set up a small community, where they are managing to survive with some others. This prequel to The Maze Runner series tells the story of Mark and his friend Trina, who both survived the sun flares by meeting up with Alec, a military type, and Lana, a nurse.
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