<P> The Maze Runner is the first book in the series and was released on October 6th, 2009 . </P> <P> A number of teenagers, who call themselves "The Gladers", are left in a strange place which they call "The Glade". Beyond the walls of the Glade is the ever - changing maze, with its horrifying creatures, the Grievers . Every month a newcomer, or greenie, joins the Gladers, sent by a lift with all past memories (except language and other common things) wiped out . The only thing that they really do remember is their name . The ultimate goal of the remaining Gladers, is to find a way out of the Glade . To do so, the runners venture into the maze every day, to map it in an attempt to find a pattern in the maze that would lead them to find an exit . When Thomas, a curious newcomer, arrives at the Glade and ventures into the maze, unusual things begin to happen . </P> <P> The Scorch Trials is the second book in the series and was released on September 18, 2010 . </P> <P> The Gladers thought that getting through the maze was it; except they did not know that their world was scorched by the sun . The Gladers did not know that they would have to fight for their lives another time . Burning and naked, the earth is a wasteland, its people driven mad by an infection known as the Flare . Instead of freedom, the Gladers must face another trial . They must survive the scorch trials to find their happy ending . </P>

What is the second maze runner book called