A group of young boys (average age 15), mysteriously appear in a place they call the glade. Each boy has lost their memory completely except for their name. Surrounding the glade are four, giant, stone walls. There are openings in these walls and inside it contains a maze. The main character, Thomas, has something different about him, and after he arrives in the glade, everything starts to change.

A small group of students attending Bayview high school are in detention. 4 of the students witness their peer have a severe allergic reaction, even though the last thing he consumed was water. He had to go the hospital where he died. Later it‘s found out that there‘s more to his death then it seemed, and that all the students in detention had reason for wanting him dead.