Maximum Ride

The Fugitives Trilogy

Book #1: The Angel Experiment

Meet the flock, Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, the Gasman, and Angel. We’re six kids who are pretty normal (except that we’re part bird and we fly). We grew up in a lab, living like rats in cages, but now we’re free. Except for the fact that we’re prime prey for Erasers (wicked wolf-like creatures with a taste for flying humans). Our mission is to: rescue Angel from malicious mutants, infiltrate a secret facility to track down our missing parents, scavenge for sustenance, get revenge on an evil traitor, oh yeah, and save the world, too.

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Book #2: School’s Out—Forever

It’s your best dream and worst nightmare: school’s out—forever!

Max and her gang are discovered by an FBI agent and forced to face their worst nightmare: you guessed it–school. That is, the abominable place where they learn everything except how to survive as winged mutants relentlessly hunted by killers…

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Book #3: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

Max and the flock are clearly destined for greatness. Undaunted. Indomitable. Inseparable. But our six winged heroes now face extermination by a new kind of enemy. Spectacularly frightening and horrifically perfect…. A century of advanced science taken to an appalling level. Now the flock is being chased—no, hunted—around the world. This time, it’s inevitable: they will get caught.

So they might as well have some fun!

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The Protectors

Book #1: The Final Warning

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…

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…

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