Maximum Ride
11 primary works • 21 total works
Book 1
WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE Do not put this book down. I'm dead serious - your life could depend on it. I'm risking everything by telling you - but you need to know.
STRAP YOURSELF IN for the thrill ride you'll want to take again and again! From Death Valley, California, to the bowels of the New York City subway system, you're about to take off on a heart-stopping adventure that will blow you away...
YOUR FAITHFUL COMPANIONS: Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, the Gasman and Angel. Six kids who are pretty normal in most ways - except that they're 98% human, 2% bird. They grew up in a lab, living like rats in cages, but now they're free. Aside, of course, from the fact that they're prime prey for Erasers - wicked wolf-like creatures with a taste for flying humans.
THE MISSIONS: Rescue Angel from malicious mutants. Infiltrate a secret facility to track down the flock's missing parents. Scavenge for sustenance. Get revenge on an evil traitor. And save the world. If there's time.
Book 2
In this eagerly awaited follow-up, brave bird-kid Max and her flock are discovered by an FBI agent and forced to go to "school." There is no such thing as an ordinary day as Max deciphers how and when she's supposed to save the world, and she faces her greatest enemy--a clone of herself.
Book 3
The Uber-Director who created them is planning a worldwide auction of the children to the highest bidder he sees this as his chance to become a billionaire. But first his mutant army must track them down and capture them which won't be easy.
While in hiding from their predators, all six of them wake one evening having heard voices in their heads, they are being told they have an important mission - to save the world from global warming. Their task takes them to the South Pole but as ever, danger is never far away...
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Book 6
For years, Max has been on the run from evil forces threatening her and the Flock - but nothing could have prepared her for this horrifying prophesy delivered to her by Angel. Fang is Max's best friend, her soulmate, her partner in leadership of her flock of winged children. A life without Fang is a life unimaginable.
Max's desperate desire to protect Fang brings the two closer than ever. But their world is turned upside down yet again when the Flock meet a wealthy scientist who has a great interest in the birdkids. He introduces them to another winged boy, the beautiful Dylan. Raised in a lab like the Flock, he exists for only one reason: He was created to be Max's perfect other half.
Now, a battle of science against soul, perfection versus passion unfolds, twists, and turns... and meanwhile, the apocalypse is coming.
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Book 9
Legions of Max fans won't be disappointed by this encore episode in the beloved series about the incredible adventures of a teenage girl who can fly.
As Maximum Ride boldly navigates a post-apocalyptic world, she and her broken flock are roaming the earth, searching for answers to what happened. All will be revealed in this last spectacular ride - a brand-new grand finale featuring all of the non-stop action, twists and turns that readers can rely on in a blockbuster Patterson page-turner!
Book 10
'Has all the characteristics of his work ... pace, action, mystery and cool' SUNDAY TIMES
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Maximum Ride lost her fight to save the world. But from the ashes of the old world, a phoenix has risen... she calls herself Hawk.
Hawk doesn't know her real name. She doesn't know who her parents were, or where they went. The only thing she remembers is that they told to wait on a street corner until they came back for her.
That was ten years ago.
The day that she finally gives up waiting is the moment her life changes for ever. Because the promise becomes reality: someone is coming for her.
But it's not a rescue. It's an execution.
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Early readers love Hawk:
'Brilliant book just as exciting as all the others. I couldn't put it down... Keeps you on the edge of your seat' *****
'Hawk takes the [Maximum Ride] books to a new level... James Patterson truly is at the top of his game' *****
'Great for people who enjoy dystopian thrillers. I hadn't realised it was a follow on from a previous series... but it is not necessary to read those' ****
'Fantastic... a fast paced read that made me keep turning the pages... Imaginative, interesting and adventurous, like nothing I've read before!' ****
'Near impossible to put down... Will delight fans new and old' *****
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‘Has all the characteristics of his work . . . pace, action, mystery and cool’ SUNDAY TIMES
Nobody said saving the world would be easy . . .
Until now, Max and her best friends have lived a lonely existence: hunted, tortured and pushed to the fringes of society. But things are changing.
The flock have finally found acceptance for their extraordinary skills. But fame always comes at a price, and Max soon realises a life of celebrity isn’t all she expected.
Meanwhile, something deadly is lurking in the depths of the ocean. As the flock uncover a terrible secret that is set to threaten the world, they must prepare to save the day.
But is this a disaster too tough to tackle – even for them?
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‘Has all the characteristics of his work . . . pace, action, mystery and cool’ SUNDAY TIMES
All her life, Maximum Ride has been fighting to save the world.
But the unthinkable has happened, and the world she once knew is gone.
Max and her broken flock are left roaming the post-apocalyptic earth, searching for answers to what happened, and for the few survivors.
In the midst of the chaos and destruction, a new evil force has emerged – one that threatens to end everything, once and for all.
In the final battle of good versus evil, who will emerge victorious?
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‘Has all the characteristics of his work . . . pace, action, mystery and cool’ SUNDAY TIMES
Max. Fang. Iggy. Gasman. Nudge. Angel.
Six extraordinary avian-human hybrids, they are the result of a cruel Biotech experiment which manipulated their DNA and turned them into kids with wings.
Hunted all their lives, the flock have had to fight life-threatening battles against their shadowy enemies. But as their predators evolved, their unique ability to fly is no longer enough to save them.
Driven to the wastelands of Antartica, each day brings a new threat for the flock. While fighting to save their own lives, they have a new mission to undertake . . .
One with potentially devastating global consequences.
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‘Has all the characteristics of his work . . . pace, action, mystery and cool’ SUNDAY TIMES
Maximum Ride and her best friends have always had one another's backs, no matter what.
Living as fugitives, they never had a choice – but, just when they need one another the most, Fang has left the flock.
Max is heartbroken at losing her closest ally but, with Dylan ready and willing to fight by her side, she can no longer deny that his incredible intensity draws her in.
With a deadly force racing across the globe, Max will need Fang for the greatest battle they’ve ever faced.
Can they reunite for the ultimate showdown?
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‘Has all the characteristics of his work . . . pace, action, mystery and cool’ SUNDAY TIMES
Fang will be the first to die . . .
Maximum Ride is used to surviving against the odds, but nothing has ever come as close to destroying her as the horrifying prophesy that she will lose her best friend, her soulmate.
Max's desperate desire to protect Fang brings the two closer together than ever. But when the magnificent Dylan is introduced into the flock, their world is upended yet again.
Raised in a lab like the others, Dylan has been created for only one reason: to be Max's perfect partner.
And meanwhile, the apocalypse is coming . . .
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This book was recently reissued with a new cover, so stock may vary.
