"The Kill Order" by James Dashner

The Kill Order is the prequel  to the amazing The Maze Runner Trilogy. This book shows us what the world was like before Thomas, WICKED, and the Maze were even in existence. We got to experience the world as the sun flares hit and the disease broke out. I loved it just as much as the trilogy. 

Mark was having dreams about the first day the world fell apart. It was just like any normal day, he and his best friend Trina were taking the New York sub way train home. Until the train abruptly stopped, the lights went out and their cell phones weren't working. They tried to remain calm, but the people around began to panic. Once emergency lights triggered people started moving, he and Trina decided to go the opposite way of everyone else. They headed towards the stair way, when they felt it. The extreme heat, and the smell of burning flesh. Then he saw them. The burning, practically melting bodies. They had tried to make it down the stairs. Something bad had definitely happened up above. Mark and Trina turned around walking back a different way. People in panic, fights were already breaking out over food and flashlights people had happened to have.  How long would they need to stay down here? What happened? Marks thoughts went to his family. Where were they when this happened? His little sister. His poor little sister. He hoped she was okay. He used to spend a lot of time in the sub way tunnels, so he kind of knew where they were. Then some one started tailing them. Hiding in the shadows. Who was it? What'd they want? Mark and Trina had to get out, get above ground. Was there some way to get above ground without burning? With this heat the ice caps would be melting, making the water levels rise. These tunnels would be flooded and underwater in a matter of hours. They had to move.

As you read the book you see the intensity in which people will do any ANYTHING to survive. We learn what really caused the Flare, and how the immunes were found. The whole book, from beginning to end was simply thrilling. I am the biggest James Dashner fan now. Or as his fan base calls themselves, I am a Dashnerd. The Maze Runner Trilogy is a must read!     

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