<Tr> <Th> Media type </Th> <Td> Print (hardcover and paperback), audiobook, e-book </Td> </Tr> <P> The Maze Runner is a series of young adult dystopian science fiction novels written by American author James Dashner . The series consists of The Maze Runner (2009), The Scorch Trials (2010) and The Death Cure (2011), as well as the two prequel novels, The Kill Order (2012) and The Fever Code (2016), and a companion book titled The Maze Runner Files (2013). </P> <P> The series, revealing details in non-chronological order, tells how the world was devastated by a series of massive solar flares and coronal mass ejections . </P> <P> The Maze Runner is the first book in the series and was released on October 6th, 2009 . </P>

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