Thomas, a young boy, wakes up in a metal container, known as the 'box', with no recollection of any past events in his life. After arriving in what is known as the 'Glade', where already a lot of other boys around his age live, he discovers that this is just the middle of a giant maze, where at night, giant, mechanical, slug-like creatures rome around. The leader of the groupe, Alby, establishes that Thomas is very curious, and that he believes that there is something strange about Thomas, due to everything beginning to go wrong as Thomas arrived. In the wake of Thomas' second day, a girl, Teresa, ruins the culture of the glade, by being the first girl to arrive, a day apart from the last person and to be the last person to arrive, instead of every month. Thomas uses his curiosity towards his advantage to try and help everyone escape the maze. Subsequent to finding out about how there are people 'watching' all the gladers, which they call 'the creators', Thomas realises that all the labels on supplies, 'W.I.C.K.E.D', may be related to it. Through discovering that Thomas and Teresa have telekentic abilities, Thomas uses this to his advantage in trying to escape. Despite the many casualties in the process, Thomas finally leads all the remaining gladers to safety. Although, the chancellor, Ava Paige, informs them all that this was all an experiment, (hence their name 'World In Catastrophe: Killzone Experiment Department'), to try and look for a cure to a deadly virus, known as 'the Flare'. Soon after, the group is brought to safety, while also being further informed about the flare.