Due to a cruel Biotech experiment which manipulated their DNA and turned them into recombinant life forms with wings, Max, Fang, Iggy, Gasman, Nudge and Angel are six extraordinary avian hybrids. This flock has endured a turbulent upbringing and they have been continually faced with evil. With their genes mutating to an astonishing affect, the flock establishes a new set of skills as they strive for survival. But just as they struggle to get to grips with these physical changes, emotionally they face new challenges too: life on the fringe of society can be a lonely existence. With the CD vividly read by Jill Apple you can follow the flock as they're driven to the wastelands of Antartica, flying for their lives. Danger is never far away and while fighting to save their own skin, they have a new mission to undertake - one with devastating global consequences.

Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy and Angel, six extraordinary kids who can fly, are back for another wild adventure as they try to save the world...and themselves. 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...

Join six extraordinary kids for their coolest ride yet . . .

In one of the world's most extreme environment - he freezing South Pole - Max and the flock are in serious trouble. The grotesque Uber-Director has put a price on their heads, and a worldwide auction for the genetically modified kids is about to begin. His mutant army is heading down south to track down the winged gang, and with no built-in function for mercy, the soldiers aren't about to take pity on anyone.

Oblivious to the Uber-Director's evil plans, the flock is on a special government mission to save the Earth. But in a brutal environment like the South Pole, being able to fly isn't always an option for escapingf rom your worst nightmares . . .

In one of the world's most extreme environments - the freezing South Pole - Max and the flock are in serious trouble. The grotesque Uber-Director has put a price on their heads, and a worldwide auction for the genetically modified kids is about to begin. His mutant army is heading south to track down the winged gang, and with no built-in function for mercy the soldiers aren't about to take pity on anyone.

Oblivious to the Uber-Director's evil plans, the flock is on a special government mission to save the Earth. But in a brutal environment like the South Pole, being able to fly isn't always an option for escaping from your worst nightmares...

READ BY JILL APPLE

James Patterson is one of the world's favourite storytellers with more than 120 million books in print in forty languages, making him one of the top-selling writers of all time. The winged characters in the Maximum Ride series were inspired by his bestselling adult novels When the Wind Blows (of which more than four million copies are in print and The Lake House. He is also the author of the top two detective series of the past decade, the Women's Murder Club and the Alex Cross novels, and he has written many other No. 1 bestsellers. Maximum Ride is his first young adult series. He lives in Florida.

2008-08-16 What a terrible Ghostwriter! Do Not Buy!

This book is awful. The plot is terrible, the book's terrible... the ghostwriting is even worse than book 3.

Maximum Ride 3 & 4 are nothing like books 1 & 2. 1/2 were an unrealistic idea (the wings) in a realistic world. Books 3/4 on the other hand are an unrealistic topic in an unrealistic world. Just look at book 3 - they're captured, it's all been a dream, it's not a dream, or is it, etc etc.

Blatently Ghostwritten by an author terrible with children's books. What Patterson has done with almost all his recent books is to write them with someone else - though judging from the fact that all these "with" books have little in common with any of Patterson's writing styles, and that they seem to bring out a new one every week, Patterson doesn't even read any of them.