Crank Palace: A Maze Runner Novella

By James Dashner

Written by Scribd Editors

#1 New York Times bestselling author James Dashner carries on Crank Palace’the story in Crank Palace: A Maze Runner Novella. Following the events of The Death Cure, Crank Palace follows the story of Newt in a way readers have yet to see.

Gain a deeper understanding of who Newt is by following along in his mind in Crank Palace. Newt is desperately searching for meaning in his life which has thus far gone terribly wrong.

As solar flares hit the earth and wipe out nearly all of the population, those remaining are left with The Flare, or Cranks, a virus that attacks the brain. Newt has The Flare, meaning he can’t bear to share this with Thomas or the others. The thought of his friends watching him slowly go insane until his gradual death is unbearable.

Newt leaves behind only a note while everyone is away and embarks on a solo journey through the streets’ nightmarish tales.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Riverdale Avenue Books
• Release date: Nov 23, 2020
• ISBN: 9781626015661

Reviews for Crank Palace

[Lam Jing Yet · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Finally got to know what went on in Newt's head. Love that he's worshipped by the Cranks. Keisha and Dante was a nice addition I love them! And i love that they love Newt and will ensure that Newt's name lived on. Thank you for this novella it was a much needed closure for Newt fans.

[lostinalibrary · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I quite enjoyed the Maze Runner series by James Dashner and looked forward to reading the novella, Crank Palace. The story opens as Newt, suffering from flare, worries that, if he stays with his friends, he might hurt them. He decides to turn himself into one of the containment centres known as the Crank Palace. On the way, he meets Keisha, a young woman with her son, Dante, who tries to convince him that, as bad as flare is, the Crank Palace is even worse. But, as they talk, they are picked up by the soldiers and interred in the Palace. As Newt succumbs to the flare, Keisha helps him deal with it and he even finds a place for himself inside the camp...that is, until his new friends devise an escape plan.I enjoyed Crank Palace but I felt like the story should have been longer. It just seemed that too much of the story was taken up by Newt's crank episodes, not that this was a bad thing as it let us see what the disease was like from a sufferer's point of view but I would have liked more about his relationship with Keisha and Dante as well the other people in the camp. Still, if you are a fan of the series, it was nice to get more of the story from Newt's perspective.