THE IDEA FOR the Maximum Ride series comes from earlier books of mine called When the Wind Blows and The Lake House, which also feature a character named Max who escapes from a quite despicable School. Most of the similarities end there. Max and the other kids in the Maximum Ride books are not the same Max and kids featured in those two books. Nor do Frannie and Kit play any part in the series. I hope you enjoy the ride anyway.

Maximum Ride is a perfectly normal teenager--who just happens to be able to fly. Max and the other members of the flock--five kids who share her remarkable ability--are asked to help environmental scientists study global warming. This seems like a great way to have daring fun--and escape government forces who are hunting the flock. But even in harsh, remote Antarctica, Maximum Ride is an irresistible target in constant danger. For whoever controls her powers could also control the world.,

Maximum Ride is James Patterson's greatest character, a heroine who manages to be human and fearless at once. THE FINAL WARNING is an unralenting new adventure from the writer TIME magazine has called "The Man Who Can't Miss.