Fever Code (Prequel Maze Runner) by James Dashner

Scholastic. Paperback. NEW. Once there was a world’s end. The forests burned, the lakes and rivers dried up and the oceans swelled. Then came a plague and fever spread across the globe. Families died, violence reigned and man killed man. Next came WICKED, who were looking for an answer. And then they found the perfect boy. The boy’s name was Thomas and Thomas built a maze. Now there are secrets. There are lies. And there are loyalties history could never have foreseen. This is the story of that boy, Thomas and how he built a maze that only he could tear down. All will be revealed.