The Kill Order (Prequel)

Name: The Kill Order (Prequel)
Price: 1.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.3 (11432 reviews)
Author: James Dashner

by James Dashner

Science Fiction Young Adult

4.3 (11,432)

4.3 stars from 11,432 reviews. One of the highest rated Science Fiction books we track.

384 pages~6.4 hr readPublished by Delacorte PressPublished 2012-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

You loved the original Maze Runner trilogy and want to see how it all started before Thomas ever entered the Maze.
You're drawn to post-apocalyptic survival stories where the real enemy isn't always monsters or nature, but other desperate people.
You enjoy YA sci-fi with high stakes, moral complexity, and characters forced to make impossible choices just to live another day.

Maybe not for you if...

You need a complete, standalone story. This is a prequel that sets up events from the main series, so reading order matters.
You prefer slower burns and character development over constant tension and running-for-your-life pacing.
You're looking for optimistic or hopeful narratives. This is bleak, violent, and designed to show how society collapses.

About this book

The Kill Order is set before the events of the main Maze Runner series. After sun flares devastate Earth and kill most of the population, survivors Mark and Trina face a new threat: a spreading virus that causes murderous rage in humans. They believe there may be a way to save those who remain, but survival is difficult in this destroyed world where human life has become a commodity—some are worth more dead than alive. This book includes chapters from The Fever Code, which concludes the series and reveals how the maze was constructed.

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Currently on sale at $1.99 — 75% off peak. Price has dropped 3 times over the last 6 years. Goes on sale roughly every 342 days.

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Currently around #63K in the Kindle store — a steady mid-list seller. Climbing the charts — 40% improvement recently.

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Currently 4.3★ from 11,432 reviews

Gaining approximately 28 new reviews per month. Steady word of mouth growth. Rating has remained stable at 4.3 over the tracking period.

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