Text © 2009 James Dashner
Illustrations © 2009 Bryan Beus

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Dashner, James, 1972-

The hunt for dark infinity / James Dashner.

p.   cm. — (The 13th reality ; bk. 2)

Summary: After being kidnapped by Mr. Chu, Atticus "Tick" Higginbottom and his friends Paul and Sofia must survive a series of tests in several different Realities.

ISBN 978-1-60641-034-9 (hardbound : alk. paper)

eISBN 1-60641-616-2 (eletronic)

[1. Space and time—Fiction.  2. Adventure and adventurers—Fiction.

3. Science fiction.]  I. Title.

PZ7.D2587Hu 2009

[Fic]—dc22

2008032394

Printed in the United States of America

R. R. Donnelley, Crawfordsville, IN

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This book is dedicated to my siblings:

Michael, Lisa, David, Paul, and Sarah

Thanks for making life fun and adventurous.

I just wish you had shared more of the Dashner

good-looking genes. I love you guys.

Prologue: The Illness

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Contents

Prologue: The Illness

Part 1: The Unwanted Wink

Chapter 1: The Two Faces of Reginald Chu

Chapter 2: Spaghetti

Chapter 3: Something Odd Is Happening

Chapter 4: The Wretched Boy

Chapter 5: The Entropy of Fragmentation

Chapter 6: Intense Pain

Chapter 7: Master George’s Interview Room

Chapter 8: Guilty

Chapter 9: A Major Rule Violation

Chapter 10: A Very Strange Place

Chapter 11: Below the Roofens

Chapter 12: Long, Spindly Legs

Chapter 13: Flying Metal

Chapter 14: The Council on Things That Matter

Part 2: The Beast in the Glass

Chapter 15: Nice Mistress Jane

Chapter 16: Tunnel of Glass

Chapter 17: Streams of Fire

Chapter 18: A Very Scary Proposition

Chapter 19: The Train Thing

Chapter 20: An Invitation

Chapter 21: An Elevator in Stone

Chapter 22: Lots of Left Turns

Chapter 23: The Time Riddle

Chapter 24: An Insane Mission

Chapter 25: Cotton Ears

Chapter 26: Needles

Chapter 27: A Sample of Blood

Chapter 28: Trapped

Part 3: The Circle of Time

Chapter 29: Tickets to Fourth City

Chapter 30: Forest Exit

Chapter 31: The Sickness of Sato

Chapter 32: Monkeying Around

Chapter 33: Five O’Clock

Chapter 34: The Antidote

Chapter 35: Beautiful Black Hair

Chapter 36: The Tale of Mistress Jane

Chapter 37: Tick’s Dark Secret

Part 4: The New Mistress Jane

Chapter 38: A Time for Slumber

Chapter 39: Weaponry

Chapter 40: A Thin Sheet of Plastic

Chapter 41: A Cloud of Stars

Chapter 42: Sofia’s Task

Chapter 43: The Dilemma of the Doors

Chapter 44: Fingers on Neck

Chapter 45: The Shower of Gold

Chapter 46: The Drag Race

Chapter 47: Pacini

Chapter 48: Out of the Rubble

Chapter 49: An Unfortunate Meeting

Chapter 50: Much to Discuss

Chapter 51: Awakening

Chapter 52: One Week Later

Epilogue: Yellow and Red

Discussion Questions

A –Glossary of People, Places, and All
Things Important

Acknowledgments

Prologue

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The Illness

The boy stared at his world gone mad.