"Newt has been to hell and back with his friends. The Glade. The Maze. The Scorch...But now he has a burden that can't be shared with Thomas and the others--the Flare. And Newt can't bear the thought of his friends watching him descend into madness as hesuccumbs to the virus. Leaving only a note, Newt departs the Berg before the Gladers return from their mission...From there, he experiences the gritty nightmare of life on the streets, running from the infected and those hunting them, until he ends up inthe Crank Palace, the last dumping ground of those without hope"--