Part of Maximum Ride, book 4
First published 2008
Maximum Ride can fly. This ability comes from a government experiment gone wrong, and it makes her a target. Max leads the Flock, six teenagers who share her wings and her danger. When environmental scientists ask them to help study global warming in Antarctica, it seems like the perfect mission. They can contribute to important research while escaping the government forces that constantly hunt them. But Antarctica brings new threats. Even in the planet's most brutal weather, Max cannot hide from those who want to control her powers. An entire army has assembled to capture her. The stakes go beyond her own survival. Whoever controls Max could control the world. She must protect herself and the Flock while completing their mission in one of Earth's most unforgiving places. Max faces enemies who will stop at nothing and conditions that could kill her faster than any pursuit.
Genres: science-fiction, adventure, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, government-conspiracy, superhuman-abilities
Setting: Antarctica
Period: 21st-century
256 pages · Hardcover · Jimmy Patterson
Content warnings: violence