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''The Death Cure'' is a 2011 young-adult dystopian science fiction novel by James Dashner and the third book in the ''Maze Runner Trilogy''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.booklistonline.com/The-Death-Cure-James-Dashner/pid=4986651 )〕 It was first published in hardback on October 11, 2011 through Delacorte Press and was preceded by ''The Maze Runner'' and ''The Scorch Trials'' and followed by the series prequel, ''The Kill Order.'' == Plot == The protagonist, Thomas, is held in solitary confinement, but is eventually released by Assistant Director Janson, who tells the Gladers and Group B that there is a cure for the Flare (a deadly disease). Many of those present were immune to the Flare while some, including Newt, were not, and escaping would serve no purpose, for people in the outside world despise the Immunes. The Gladers are offered the chance to restore their memories and remove the controllers in their heads. Without the devices, Thomas, Teresa, and Aris will no longer be able to communicate telepathically. Thomas, Minho, and Newt were the only ones to choose not to undergo the procedure, but Janson later attempts to force them into the process, because he feels that they will be no help to finding the cure if they don't get their memories back. All three of them escape before having chips removed, with the help of Brenda and Jorge, who are revealed to be working for WICKED, and were sent to the Scorch as an assignment. Thomas feels betrayed, but Brenda convinces him that she had no choice and that most of her behavior was not a deception, and Thomas forgives. Soon afterward, the Gladers discover that everyone who had undergone the restoration procedure had abandoned them, and Newt begins to succumb to the Flare, suffering sharp mood swings. Newt gives Thomas a note and tells him to open it "when the time is right." The five of them then go to Denver looking for a man called Hans who can take out Thomas, Minho, and Newt's mind controlling chips, and for the other Gladers that also came to Denver. Newt is unable to continue, as he is infected with the Flare, and the rest of the group leave him behind in the Berg. In the airport, a black-suited man directs them to an address. Waiting for them is Gally, who has joined a group called the Right Arm, and is determined to put an end to the trials and experiments. He tells them that WICKED is capturing every Immune they can find to prepare another cycle of the Trials. Gally also reveals that the decaying cities are home to many who suffer from the Flare, but partake of a drug called the Bliss, which slows its progression. Thomas and his friends find Hans, and he removes Minho and Thomas's control chips, although Thomas is uncontrollably forced to resist. They visit a café, where a man is found to be partaking of Bliss and captured by security, and Thomas is captured by the guard, who wants to give him to bounty hunters (who will end up giving him to WICKED). Janson (in a hologram form) uses a police vehicle to rescue Thomas, and tells him that to save Newt, he must return to WICKED. Minho, Thomas, Brenda and Jorge return to the Berg and find a note: Newt has been taken to the Cranks. Minho convinces the four of them to go to the Crank Palace in a rescue attempt, and they meet Newt after bribing the guards. Newt angrily tells them to leave, and the Cranks chase them out. Thomas remembers the note Newt gave him and reads it to find that Newt had implored Thomas to kill him. Thomas despairs about not having read the note earlier, but the four end up going back to Denver. In Denver, they discover that Teresa and the other Immunes were all captured. Thomas and Minho knock out the guards and threaten to shoot their toes if they don't take him to their leader. Thomas and Brenda discover that the 'leader' is actually the Right Arm's leader, Vince. Vince tells them that they are copying WICKED's design and plan to take over their headquarters building. On his way to the Right Arm's Bergs, Thomas sees Newt with a group of cranks, taking over Denver. With a pistol in his pocket, Thomas tries to convince Newt to come with him, but Newt begs for death and Thomas eventually ends up killing his friend. Working for the Right Arm, Thomas arrives at WICKED's headquarters, and discovers that Janson intends to complete the cure by examining Thomas's physical brain structure -- an act that will result in his death. Thomas is able to plant a device that disables all of WICKED's weapons, but is forced to begin the deathly brain surgery as the Right Arm begins storming the facility. Thomas wakes up to find himself not dead after all, and finds a note from the Chancellor of WICKED; it reveals that they already have enough resources to build the blueprint for the cure from the Trials and his brain is not needed, but that some WICKED staff did not believe that -- there has been a split. It also reveals the location of the Immunes the Right Arm "sold" to WICKED to gain access, and a "safe place" where Thomas should take them all. Thomas and his friends re-enter the Maze to find WICKED's captured Immunes. They quickly learn that the Right Arm does not intend to occupy WICKED headquarters -- they intend to ''destroy'' it. Explosions rock the Maze while giant rocks splash down, killing some Immunes within. The Grievers come out, but Teresa shows Thomas how to manually shut them down. Returning to the outside world, Thomas is almost trapped by a piece of falling debris on the way to the Flat Trans that takes them to the promised "safe place." Teresa pushes him out of the way, but dies in Thomas's place. The survivors finally make it through the portal to a lush paradise. Out of about 50 gladers only Thomas, Minho, Gally, Frypan, Clint, and a few others had survived. Aris and a few others of Group B had made it as well. Jorge and Brenda had also made it. The epilogue reveals that the Flare was deliberately engineered and released by the government as a form of population control after the sun flares, but escalated beyond control, and WICKED was unable to find a cure. The Chancellor realizes that from the beginning the Immunes were their only hope; while the world will crumble, the remaining Immunes will rebuild society and restore the human race. This, she claims, is the reason "WICKED is good." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Death Cure」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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