The Maze Runner (Maze Runner, #1)

by James Dashner

You get lazy, you get sad. Start givin’ up. Plain and simple.”

Minho looked at Thomas. “I nominate this shank to replace me as Keeper of the Runners.”

All this klunk about him breaking a rule is just beyond stupid. He didn’t get the rules yet.

“I swear, Chuck,” he whispered to no one. “I swear I’ll get you back home.”

laced with a deep coppery scent so strong he could taste it. A distant, faded memory of sucking on pennies as a kid popped into his head.

But there was something about the largest object in the solar system vanishing that tended to disrupt normal schedules.

“I mean, it should be impossible—sometimes you don’t look very hard for things you don’t believe will or can happen.”

So he was going to get stung by a Griever. Go through the Changing. On purpose.

“Don’t worry,” he whispered, hoping they could hear him. “I did it on purpose….”