James Patterson Maximum Ride Manga Series 8 Books Collection Set Description Fourteenyearold Maximum Ride better known as Max knows what its like to soar above the world She & all the members of the Flock Fang Iggy Nudge Gasman & Angel are just like ordinary kids only they have wings & can fly It may seem like a dream come true to some but their lives can morph into a living nightmare at any time like when Angel the youngest member of the Flock is kidnapped & taken back to the School where she & the others were genetically engineered by sinister scientists Her friends brave a journey to blazing hot Death Valley California to save Angel but soon enough they find themselves in yet another nightmare this one involving fighting off the halfhuman halfwolf Erasers in New York City Whether in the treetops of Central Park or in the bowels of the Manhattan subway system Max & her adopted family take the ride of their lives Along the way Max discovers from her old friend & fatherfigure Jeb now her betrayed & greatest enemy that her purpose is save the world but can she