Can an ordinary accountant write a series of books that will become bestsellers? Certainly! A prime example is writer James Dashner. In 2003, he released his first work and has not stopped writing ever since. The author has already released 15 books for adults and children in different series.
Writer's biography
James Dashner was born in November 1972 in Georgia. Here he spent his childhood. The seventh child in the family studied accounting at Brigham Young University. For a long time, James worked as a financier. However, the boring work bored Dashner, and he began to write. Today the writer lives in Utah, his home is located in the Rocky Mountains. Next to him is his family: his wife and four children. Together with his family, James Dashner skis, watches movies and reads a lot. In an interview, the writer admits that he is happy that writing incredible stories has become his job.
Book Series
In 2003, James started his first series called The Jimmy Fincher Saga. The last is the fourth bookthis series was released in 2005. After a short break, James Dashner started a new series: in 2008, he released the first book in the series, The Thirteenth Reality. This series was expanded in 2009. At the same time, the writer released the first book of the youth dystopia The Maze Runner, which brought Dashner popularity. In addition, the writer released the series "The Doctrine of Mortality" and took part in the inter-author cycle "Ring of Infinity".
Maze Runner
James Dashner, whose books have already found their readers and become popular, in 2009 begins work on a mysterious series. It contains many questions and almost no answers. Just yesterday, the heroes of his work lived in an ordinary world. They listened to rock and rap, went to the cinema and courted girls. But today they are participants in a monstrous experiment. They were kidnapped, their memory erased and settled next to the giant Labyrinth. One has only to stay in the Labyrinth once after sunset - and you will never return. After all, behind the huge walls hides countless grievers - a bloodthirsty cross between living beings and machines. Young people have no doubt that in order to get out of this place, it is necessary to unravel the mystery of the Labyrinth. Will the main character - 16-year-old Thomas - risk his life for a common goal? Who will help him? Dashner will answer these questions and more!
Trial by Fire
The betrayals in this book start literally from the first page. And there are a lot of new deadlytests. Despite the fact that the Labyrinth is behind us, Thomas and the Gladers (former inhabitants of the Glade) must not relax. The secret organization EVIL continues its horrifying experiments. Teenagers are waiting for the passage through the hot desert. On this path, they are already waiting for the victims of an incurable disease, who have a very violent temper and completely unpredictable behavior! Of course, the forces of WICK are many times superior to those of the Gladers, but teenagers dare to challenge the leadership of this organization.
James Dashner published "Trial by Fire" in 2010, but this book appeared in Russia only four years later. Although an amateur translation of the work appeared on the World Wide Web much earlier.
“The Death Cure”
The nightmares of the Labyrinth and the Brazier are a thing of the past. It seems the Gladers are finally safe and their trials are over. But not everything is as simple as it seems at first glance! Thomas finds out about WICK's plans. Now he and his comrades are forced to hit the road again - in order to survive. Only one city survived on Earth - Denver. That's where the Gladers go. Their goal is to save all mankind!
The heroes of the book are promised that their memory will be restored, because in the process of testing, WICK managed to collect all the data that was needed. At the same time, the leadership of the secret organization does not even realize that Thomas remembers much more than you can imagine.
How will Healing end? James Dashner will answer this question. "The Death Cure" will tell you what's truemight be too dangerous.
Total Threat
Readers and critics unanimously repeat that the author's writing talent for the fourth book has grown noticeably. So what is Total Threat (James Dashner) about? The author will tell about the events that took place in the world 13 years before the appearance of the labyrinth. Cardinal climate change has caused global warming. The world's population has rapidly declined. People hid in the mountains and forests, huddled in small huts and tents. It was then that a deadly virus, the Flash, hits the Earth. The main characters are trying to find a cure for this infection. There are many obstacles in their way.
Fever Code
In 2016, Dashner released a new book in the series, The Fever Code. This prequel will reveal the secret of the origin of the Labyrinth. Readers will also learn exactly how the Gladers ended up there. After all, it was not by their own will that teenagers forgot their past? Now Russian readers are looking forward to the release of this edition in Russian.
