54 pages 1 hour read

James Dashner

The Kill Order

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2012

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Chapter 55-EpilogueChapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapter 55 Summary

Mark and Alec confront the men carrying Lana and insist they back away from her. When they refuse, Mark charges at them and threatens to shoot them with his Transvice. One man stabs Lana, and Mark attacks that man and stabs him in the chest. Other men then come and attack Lana. Alec fires his Transvice at the group, killing the men one by one. Mark joins him. When the only person left is Lana, Alec fires at her, too, aware that her wounds are too grave for her to survive.

Chapter 56 Summary

A crowd surrounds Mark and Alec, and Mark uses the Transvice to clear a path toward the house from which Lana emerged, hoping to find Trina and Deedee there. Mark and Alec fight their way into the house and are chased down hallways by the gathering crowd. Mark ends up in the basement, where he finds Trina and Deedee. Trina is ill.

Chapter 57 Summary

Trina is confused and does not know who Mark is. As Mark struggles to convince Trina to go with them, someone throws open the door to the basement and comes rushing toward them.