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After surviving horrific conditions in the Maze, Thomas is entrapped, along with nineteen other boys, in a scientific experiment designed to observe their responses and gather data believed to be essential for the survival of the human race. The group has two weeks to cross through the Scorch -- the most burned-out section of the world. And the observers will continuously adjust the variables and stack the odds against them.

Human society has been decimated by a holocaust caused by biological warfare research gone wrong. The intent was to create super-soldiers, but a genetically-engineered virus turns infected humans into Hemophages. These human, vampire-like sub-species have enhanced physical abilities. In the infection-paranoid and technologically advanced society that follows, Violet is a singular Hemophage warrior battling the totalitarian dictator who is determined...

Centers on four not-so-young orphans: one who was raised by a curator at the Louvre (where an albino assassin lurks); another was a refugee from Mexican "libre" wrestling; the third was a recent victim of snakes on her plane; and the fourth a "normal" resident of a mutant "X"--Community. Together, the hapless quartet visits a chocolate factory. While there, they stumble into an enchanted wardrobe that transports them to the land of Gnarnia. There...