THE KILL ORDER

Before WICKED was formed, before the Glade was built, before Thomas entered the Maze, sun flares hit the earth and mankind fell to disease. THE KILL ORDER is the story of that fall.

A prequel to THE MAZE RUNNER trilogy, THE KILL ORDER has been in the works since the completion of THE MAZE RUNNER. The story of civilization's fall was kept under wraps and is the explication of the events that began this bestselling series. The New York Times bestselling series THE MAZE RUNNER is a thrilling, mysterious adventure in the vein of LOST, Uglies, Labyrinth, and Ender’s Game. THE MAZE RUNNER was Delacorte’s lead title for Fall 2009 and received glowing reviews from Publishers Weekly (“dark and gripping”), Kirkus (“hard to put down”), and Romantic Times (“gripping, amazing”). Delacorte has now shipped more than 1.3 million copies of the series, which has been on the New York Times series bestseller list for nearly half a year. The books have also appeared on the USAToday, Wall Street Journal, Publisher’s Weekly and IndieNext bestseller lists, and THE MAZE RUNNER notched 24 weeks on the New York Times paperback bestseller list . THE DEATH CURE was an Amazon Book of the Month and debuted at #10 on the Wall Street Journal bestseller list for all fiction (children’s & adult) and at #16 on the USA Today bestseller list for all titles in all categories. THE DEATH CURE sold more than 20,000 copies on its first day, which is three times more than THE SCORCH TRIALS sold on its first day. THE MAZE RUNNER has sold more than 500,000 copies to date; THE SCORCH TRIALS more than 300,000 copies, and THE DEATH CURE more than 200,000 copies. James is also the author of A Mutiny in Time, the first book in the Infinity Ring series, Scholastic’s new multi-platform, multi-author series. The book will be published in September 2012, and James will also write the seventh and final book in the series, due out some time in 2014. He is also the author of the 13th Reality series, including The Blade of Shattered Hope (Shadow Mountain, April 2010).