Part of Maximum Ride, book 5
First published 2009
Max leads her flock of winged kids into their most claustrophobic nightmare yet. Ships are being destroyed off the Hawaiian coast, and sea creatures are dying in massive numbers. The Navy pulls Max and her team into their classified investigation of the maritime disasters. But this mission becomes personal when Max discovers her activist mother has been captured by a malevolent force lurking beneath the ocean. The flock must abandon their natural element of sky and air to plunge into the suffocating depths of the sea. For kids born to soar through open skies, the crushing darkness of the deep ocean represents their worst fear. Max faces an impossible choice between her terror of enclosed underwater spaces and her desperate need to rescue the woman who gave her life. The investigation leads them deeper into abyssal waters where an ancient evil waits in the crushing blackness.
Genres: science-fiction, adventure, fantasy, action
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: found-family, impossible-choice
Setting: Hawaii, Ocean
309 pages · Hardcover · jimmy patterson
Content warnings: anxiety, death