The Maze Runner, The Scorch Trials, The Death Cure, The Kill Order, and The Fever Code are all #1 New York Times bestselling books by James Dashner, as well as the bestselling Mortality Doctrine series: The Eye of Minds, The Rule of Thoughts, and The Game of Lives. Dashner was born and raised in Georgia, but now calls the Rocky Rockies home and writes there. Visit JamesDashner.com, @jamesdashner on Twitter, and dashnerjames on Instagram to learn more about him and his novels. This is an excerpt from the Hardcover edition.