The Fever Code
Book cover of The Fever Code
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| Author | James Dashner |
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| Cover artist | Phillip Straub |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Maze Runner series |
| Genre | Young adult, dystopian, science fiction |
| Publisher | Delacorte Press |
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Publication date
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September 27, 2016 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback), audiobook, e-book |
| Pages | 347 |
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| OCLC | 932001359 |
| LC Class | PZ7.D2587 Fe 2016 |
| Preceded by | The Kill Order |
| Followed by | The Maze Runner |
The Fever Code is a 2016 young adult dystopian science fiction novel written by American author James Dashner and published on September 27, 2016 by Delacorte Press. It is the second prequel book in The Maze Runner series and the fifth installment overall. The book is chronologically set in between the events of The Kill Order and immediately before The Maze Runner book. Dashner has stated that he had always wanted to write about how the rest of the Gladers got to the Maze and the events prior to Thomas entering the box. The novel is written from the various points of view of the Gladers. The book primarily focuses on the training that Thomas and the others undergo before being sent into the Maze, however, it also explores the relationships between the Gladers before they underwent the 'Swipe', the "Purge" that is briefly mentioned in The Death Cure and the lives of the Gladers in Thomas' absence, as he is working with WICKED at the time. The book ends with the final moments of Thomas entering the Box ready to be sent to the Maze, leading to the beginning of The Maze Runner.
As a prologue, WICKED soldiers arrive and try to take Newt's sister, Lizzy. However, their parents refuse, and as a result, are killed. Without alternative, they bring in Newt to test his killzone (his brain), though he is not immune.
In the present, we are introduced to Stephen, who is renamed as Thomas by WICKED. Thomas is only five years old and, under the care of WICKED, he meets Teresa. They soon meet Newt, Minho and Alby in hiding, and Newt reveals that his sister had been renamed as Sonya and is a part of Group B. They then start exploring the complex everyday. The three (Newt, Minho, and Alby) take Thomas and Teresa into the outside world, only to be caught and thrown into the "Crank pits" (except for Newt, who is taken to be tested for the virus, as he is not immune), where they encounter the founder of WICKED, who is nearly past his sanity, who writes on a chalkboard: WICKED is good.
The experience really gets through the kids. They don't have any of their secret meeting in the maintenance room for a while, but then Teresa manages to hack WICKED’s security systems and allow the friends to meet. Teresa and Thomas, along with Aris and Rachel are then recruited to build the maze. On one of their meetings, Thomas and Teresa stumble upon Charles, who becomes the little brother that they never had, and is nicknamed Chuck. Pretty soon, the secret meetings are back in business. But Minho was planning to escape WICKED, hating the fact that they were treated like lab mice, and allied with Gally to form a plan, though no one agreed to leave.
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