Crank Palace

By: James Dashner

Narrated by: Mark Deakins

Length: 3 hrs and 59 mins

Publisher's summary

Newt has been to hell and back with his friends.

The Glade. The Maze. The Scorch. The inner halls of WICKED. 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 he succumbs to the virus.

Leaving only a note, Newt departs the Berg before the Gladers return from their mission into Denver, Colorado. From there, he experiences the gritty nightmare of life on the streets, running from the infected and those hunting them, until he ends up in the Crank Palace, the last dumping ground of those without hope. Although Newt thought he was running away from his friends to save them from himself, along the way he meets a young mother named Keisha and her son, Dante, who end up saving Newt in a way he could never have imagined.

Taking place during the latter events of The Death Cure, Crank Palace tells the story of Newt like never before, from inside his own mind, as he searches for meaning in a life gone horribly wrong. He will try to fulfill a newfound destiny before his path leads to its inevitable conclusion - and one last meeting with his best friend.

©2020 James Dashner (P)2020 Tantor

Impressed

Excellent!! Even better than I as expected. It was a great way to honor Newt in to get some clarity on some unanswered questions. And made me finally make my stance on whether or not WICKED is truly good. I won’t share my opinion so you don’t have a bias going in, but definitely READ IT!

Amazing

Mark Deakins did a great job reading and I loved you could tell the difference in tone from every character. The story line was amazing and I wanted to cry. Newt is one of the best characters if not the best and this story was amazing and thank you so much for letting us see his view. His story was so heartbreaking but he never gave up, he was so selfless and wanted the best for everyone even if it hurt him to do it.

Cannon???

Nice adventure, but it just didn't feel cannon. Felt like he came up with it after the original trilogy.

Nice Segue

Newt is a hero. It is a beautiful rounding that didn't just end in misery.

Tear Jerker

I didn’t know they could make me even more sad about Newt but they definitely did! 10/10 a must read, especially if you love Newt.

yes yes and yes !!

The Maze Runner series is one of my all time favorites. The first book introduced me to the word of reading and made my completely fall in love. Storyline- amazing. Just everything, phenomenal. I've been searching to see if the author has added any more books because I just can't get enough. Was happy to find this. I don't quite now if this is an actual part of the series or not (as last time I checked there's only 5 books to the sequel) but regardless I thoroughly enjoyed. The audio is short and story amazing. Recommend if you love James Dashner books as much as I do.

Wow!

I loved getting to see into the mind of Newt and what his last days were like. It opened a whole new world of the apocalypse!

Amazing!!!

An amazing book, about an amazing character, narrated amazingly. I loved this book. I cried a lot. Written amazingly.

Best book ever.

I loved this book so much it very good and has a great story plot. Personally newt is my favorite character and seeing what he felt was Turley a great experience. The ending is very sad it made me cry and I really really wish he was immune and he got the cure or if he ended on good things with Tommy and Minho but he really didn’t because of the flare and it infesting his poor brain. I recommend this book to maze runner fans and if newt is your favorite character.

An actual must, nonnegotiable

Newt was a character most people probably connected with deeply. I’m glad we got this closure. I cried like a newborn.