The remaining subjects were sent to a scorch, where they were supposed to cross through 100 miles in two weeks to get the “cure” of the Flare, because the WICKED planted the virus in their brain. Teresa was in another group of subjects, all girls.

During the second trial, candidates met a lot of random but calculated situations, such as silver metal that ate human head, and meeting the heavily infected community, or Cranks. They also met two leaders in that shelter, Brenda and Jorge, who helped them get through the area. Cranks would attack or kill every living creature they have seen, so that was the reason to have a new alliance. After that, Thomas was kidnapped by Teresa’s group, which Teresa said that it was just an act to save everyone. Although it turned out to be true, Thomas never trusted Teresa anymore, instead he trusted Brenda.

Finally, some candidates reached the final destination, but there was no cure but another monster. A lot of them sacrificed, and a WICKED berg came to save all the remaining candidates. WICKED told them that this was another trial, and they have almost every data collected. Now, it’s time for them to find the cure themselves….

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This book remains interesting, but the introduction of WICKED seems to be so short that does not even bring awareness to the readers. I like the part that people were murdered by the head-eating silver ball because it was kind of bloody… The new members, Jorge, Brenda, Harriet, Aris, Rachel, and Rat-man(Janson, my personal favourite, increase the complexity of the Scorch Trials.

Another climax is the betrayal of Teresa, which is probably the most interesting part in this book; and this plot also connects with The Maze Runner- Thomas and Teresa were really close in the maze, but this book reveals the hate Thomas has on Teresa due to her act. This shows a contradicting situation, to save a person or to “act” betrayal to a person, which might be a questionable problem.

This was a continuation of The Maze Runner, but there are several points that frustrate me, including its, again, repetition of words, minor explanation on WICKED, and more importantly, no implication of how the blueprint works. Basically, I think that the author puts too much emphasis on the Scorch but ignores the main of this whole trilogy, the Flare.