The prequel that explains the maze. How WICKED built it, who was in on it, and what Thomas was doing before he went into the lift.
This is the book that trades mystery for mechanism, and whether that is a good trade depends on what you came for. The dread in book one came from not knowing. Here you get told. Something is lost, and the loss is deliberate.
Read September 2024, three months after the trilogy.
