Maximum Ride

Number one New York Times best-selling suspense author James Patterson pens an amazing fantasy novel for young adults. Fourteen-year-old Max and her winged friends are the outcome of a strange experiment splicing human and bird DNA. Now one of their flock has been kidnapped by genetically engineered wolfmen. So the flying friends launch a rescue mission to save her that will lead them on an action-packed journey across America.

Number one New York Times best-selling author James Patterson captivated the imaginations of readers of all ages with Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment. Patterson ratchets-up the suspense and intensity in this thrilling sequel. The bird-girl Max is back and so is her flock of flying friends, heading south on a journey to reunite with their families. But they remain in danger; they carry the secret documents of the scientific experiments that made them what they are.

Fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride and the other members of the "Flock"--Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman and Angel--are just like ordinary kids--only they have wings and can fly. It seems like a dream come true--except that they're being hunted by half-human, half-wolf "Erasers" who can fly, too. In Book 2 of the series, the Flock members are taken under the wing of an FBI agent and try to live "normal" lives by going to school, making friends--and continuing their relentless search for their parents. But the Erasers return, forcing the Flock to abandon their search and make their escape once again. The voice inside Max's head keeps telling her that it's up to her to save the world, but this is especially challenging to do when she is faced with her ultimate match: a newer and better version of herself, Maximum Ride II. Max's heart-stopping quest to investigate the mind-blowing mystery of her ultimate destiny continues in the scariest, strangest, and funniest James Patterson novel yet.

Angel says that Fang will be the first to die, and Angel is never wrong. Maximum Ride is used to living desperately on the run from evil forces sabotaging her quest to save the world, but nothing has ever come as close to destroying her as this horrifying prophetic message. Fang is Max's best friend, her soul mate, her partner in the leadership of her flock of winged children. A life without Fang is a life unimaginable. When a newly created winged boy, the magnificent Dylan, is introduced into the flock, their world is upended yet again. Raised in a lab like the others, Dylan exists for only one reason: he was designed to be Max's perfect other half. Thus unfolds a battle of perfection versus passion that terrifies, twists, and turns...and meanwhile, the apocalypse is coming.