And Then What?

Based on the title, the book is about people who are in a maze and who are running to get out before something bad happens to them.  The characters might not know one another because, in the first paragraph, Thomas did not know where he was.  Also, in the first paragraph, it is stated that Thomas was “hoping his eyes would soon adjust to the darkness.”  This clues the reader into the fact that Thomas just got into the metal room in the first paragraph.