"Umgijimi we-maze" yincwadi yokuqala evela ku-Dinty Fiction Fintral ethandwayo. Kulindeleke ukuthi umlobi uqobo abhale umbhalo oguqulwe esithombeni esizayo.
Maphakathi nendawo yesakhiwo kukhona umfana ogama lakhe linguThomas, ngolunye usuku uvuka endaweni engajwayelekile ebizwa ngokuthi yi-meadow. Umlingisi ophambili akakhumbuli lutho ngaphandle kwegama lakhe. Abanye abafana bahlala eMeadow, kepha bahlukaniswe ngokuphelele emhlabeni wanamuhla. Imingcele yesikhala izungezwe udonga lwamatshe oluphakeme oluvikela izingane ngezilo ezihlala eLabrinth eduze kwezindonga ze-polyana.
Nsuku zonke, enye yentsha iya kuLabyrinth ukwenza imephu enembile yokushintsha njalo ukukhuphuka futhi ithola indlela yokuphuma.
Ngokufika kukaThomas, izinto eziyinqaba ziqala ukwenzeka, i-labyrinth ibukeka imjwayela kakhulu, futhi ugxile kuwo kangcono kunabo bonke. Lokhu kutholwa kubangela izinsolo ezimnyama ezivela kwabanye abafana. Kepha konke kuba nokudida noma intombazane yokuqala ivela eGlade, eletha inothi, ebika ukuthi izogcina, nokuthi ukuphela sekusondele kule ndawo, nokuthi ukuphela sekusondele.