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Overview

Hold on tight for the wildest ride yet as Max and the flock take on global warming--Earth's biggest threat--in this #1 New York Times bestselling series.

Maximum Ride and the other members of the flock are just like ordinary kids--only they have wings and can fly. It seems like a dream come true...until they're hunted by the world's nastiest villains.

Max returns in a chilling adventure unlike any other. Safe havens for the six highly-sought-after winged kids have become increasingly hard to find, so the flock takes refuge in Antarctica with a team of environmentalists studying the effects of global warming. In this remote wilderness--whether pursued by corrupt governments, bioengineered bad-guys, or the harsh forces of nature--survival of the fittest takes a new twist!

  • Maximum Ride: The Final Warning
    Maximum Ride: The Final Warning

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780316002875
  • Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
  • Publication date: 9/1/2008
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 304
  • Sales rank: 13,542
  • Age range: 13 - 17 Years
  • Lexile: 720L (what's this?)
  • Series: Maximum Ride Series, #4
  • Product dimensions: 5.10 (w) x 7.50 (h) x 1.00 (d)

Meet the Author

James Patterson
James Patterson
Not making any bones about his bid for success, James Patterson once declared he wanted to be known as “the king of the page-turners.” While that may seem like a pretty grand ambition, Patterson is as worthy of that title as any author working today.

Biography

James Patterson had been working as a very successful advertising copywriter when he decided to put his Masters degree in English to a somewhat different use. Inspired by bestselling hair-raising thrillers like The Day of the Jackal and The Exorcist, Patterson went to work on his first novel. Published in 1976, The Thomas Berryman Number established him as a writer of tightly constructed mysteries that move forward with the velocity of a bullet. For his startling debut, Patterson was awarded the prestigious Edgar Award for Best First Mystery Novel—an auspicious beginning to one of the most successful careers in publishing.

A string of gripping standalone mysteries followed, but it was the 1992 release of Along Came a Spider that elevated Patterson to superstar status. Introducing Alex Cross, a brilliant black police detective/forensic psychologist, the novel was the first installment in a series of bestselling thrillers that has proved to be a cash cow for the author and his publisher.

Examining Patterson's track record, it's obvious that he believes one good series deserves another…maybe even a third! In 2001, he debuted the Women's Murder Club with 1st to Die, a fast-paced thriller featuring four female crime fighters living in San Francisco—a homicide detective, a medical examiner, an assistant D.A., and a cub reporter. The successful series has continued with other numerically titled installments. Then, spinning off a set of characters from a previous novel (1998's When the Wind Blows), in 2005 he published Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment. Featuring a "flock" of genetically engineered flying children, the novel was a huge hit, especially with teen readers, and spawned a series of vastly popular fantasy adventures.

In addition to continuing his bestselling literary franchises, Patterson has also found time to co-author thrillers with other writers—including Peter de Jonge, Andrew Gross, Maxine Paetro, and Howard Roughan—and has even ventured into romance (Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas, Sam's Letters to Jennifer) and children's literature (santaKid). Writing at an astonishing pace, this prolific author has turned himself into a one-man publishing juggernaut, fulfilling his clearly stated ambition to become "the king of the page-turners."

Good To Know

Patterson's Suzanne's Diary For Nicholas was inspired by a diary his wife kept that tracked the development of their toddler son.

Two of Patterson's Alex Cross mysteries (Along Came a Spider and Kiss the Girls) have been turned into films starring Morgan Freeman; in 2007, a weekly television series premiered, based on the bestselling Women's Murder Club novels.

    1. Hometown:
      Palm Beach, Florida
    1. Date of Birth:
      March 22, 1947
    2. Place of Birth:
      Newburgh, New York
    1. Education:
      B.A., Manhattan College, 1969; M.A., Vanderbilt University, 1971
    2. Website:
      http://www.jamespatterson.com

Read an Excerpt

The Final Warning
By James Patterson Little, Brown and Company

Copyright © 2008 James Patterson All right reserved.
ISBN: 978-0-316-00286-8


Chapter One

1

Windsor State Forest, Massachusetts

Ssssss.

The soldiers' armor made an odd hissing noise. But besides the slight sound of metal plates sliding smoothly, flawlessly over one another, the troop was unnaturally quiet as it moved through the woods, getting closer to the prey.

The faintest of beeps caused the team leader to glance down at his wrist screen. Large red letters scrolled across it: ATTACK IN 12 SECONDS ... 11 ... 10 ...

The team leader tapped a button, and the screen's image changed: a tall, thin girl with dirt smears on her face and a tangle of brown hair, glaring out at him. TARGET 1 was superimposed on her face.

... 9 ... 8 ...

His wrist screen beeped again, and the image changed to that of a dark-haired, dark-eyed, scowling boy. TARGET 2.

And so on, the image changing every half second, ending finally with a portrait of a small, scruffy black dog looking at the camera in surprise.

The team leader didn't understand why Target 7 was an animal. He didn't need to understand. All he needed to know was that these targets were slated for capture.

... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...

The leader emitted a whistle pitched so high that only his team members could hear it. Hemotioned toward the small run-down cabin they had surrounded in the woods.

Synchronized perfectly, as only machines can be, the eight team members shouldered eight portable rocket launchers and aimed them straight at the cabin. With a whoosh, eight large nets made of woven Kevlar strands shot out from the cannons and unfolded with geometric precision in midair, encasing the cabin almost entirely.

The team leader smiled in triumph.

2

"THE PREY HAVE BEEN CAPTURED, SIR," the team leader said in a monotone. Pride was not tolerated in this organization.

"Why do you say that?" the Uber-Director asked in a silky tone.

"The cabin has been secured."

"No. Not quite," said the Uber-Director, who was little more than a human head attached by means of an artificial spinal column to a series of Plexiglas boxes. The bioengine that controlled the airflow over his vocal cords allowed him to sigh, and he did. "The chimney. The skylight."

The team leader frowned. "The chimney would be impossible to climb," he said, accessing his internal encyclopedia. Photographs of the prey scrolled quickly across the team leader's screen. Suddenly an important detail caught his attention, and he froze.

In the corner of one of the photographs, a large feathered wing was visible. The team leader tracked it, zooming in on just that section of the image. The wing appeared to be attached to the prey.

The prey could fly.

He had left routes of escape open.

He had failed!

The Uber-Director closed his eyes, sending a thought signal to the nanoprocessors implanted in his brain. He opened his eyes in time to see the team leader and his troop vaporize with a crackling, sparking fizzle. All that was left of them was a nose-wrinkling odor of charred flesh and machine oil.

(Continues...)

Excerpted from The Final Warning by James Patterson Copyright © 2008 by James Patterson. Excerpted by permission.
All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
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  • Posted July 21, 2009

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    FAVORITE SERIES IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD. EVER. (this is for the whole series not this specific book)

    this series is my *pause for dramatic effect* NEW FAVORITE. its even better then twilight - I'm not even kidding. saying it's my favorite is a big step for me - LOL - because before i read twilight i had many MANY favorites but twilight quickly jumped to the #1 spot in the "books i've read" reading list i keep up in my head. i had no doubt that it was going to stay there in the #1 spot for a long long long long long time - if not forever. but then came the maximum ride series and as i read it i mentally made it climb the list of books until it bumped twilight right down to numero dos. this book is very interesting, exciting, and unpredictable. i think the part i loved the most is the writing style. even if the situation they were in was the worst they had faced yet, james patterson managed to make me laugh (out loud) at the funny things that the members of the flock said. i was so into the story as i was reading it was unbelievable. i loved how it was written in max point of veiw and how the reader wasn't part of the story but wasn't out of it either. it grabbed my attention from the very first page and didn't let go. it was about adventure and misunderstanding and confusion and mystery and near death fights and high speed chases and flying. and its about them realizing that family is the most important - even when your family consits of 5 mutant bird kids. i recommend the rest of this series ( i havn't read MAX yet but im sure it will be great) and also the host if you like science fiction. if you can't find anything to read then check out my b&n page for more books that i recommend :)

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 22, 2008

    Ugh...

    I overlooked the fact that James Patterson isn't the best writer, because I loved the first three books in the series.
    This last book was clearly an attempt for the author to try and reclaim some of his former glory. It was as if he went back and said, "hey, I did so well with that series, why don't I try to get some more money off of it?" So he added on another book and pretended like it was part of the story line all along.
    And what, might I just ask, was with the global warming speech? It made no since what so ever! If I wanted someone to harp at me about killing the earth, I'd go to school. It didn't go with the other three books. She had a voice in her head telling her to save the world, crazy dog people and robots chasing her, and mad scientists trying to kill her all because they didn't want her to make a speech on global warming? What was the point of the first three books? He could have just made a banner saying "Don't litter" and hung it across his balcony. But no, he decided to waist our time instead.
    Great. Thanks. No littering or dog people and robots will hunt me down and teach me a lesson. Got it.
    Ugh...

    6 out of 12 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted December 12, 2009

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    Very Good Flow

    I got the first book as a free download and then I was captured, trapped, just had to continue the story. It flows very well and then I bought the set for my son and he couldn't wait until the next book. We hear that there is another book coming out can't wait. I would recommend the whole series for young teens and adults as well.

    5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted March 21, 2009

    Global Warming?

    I LOVED the first three books of this series, and when I heard there was a fourth book coming out I was super excited! I got it the day it came out, read it, and haven't touched it since. The first three books were very well written, and very funny. Max is a hilarious character! The action was pretty good and it was a good story line. The third one was a little weird, there were so many plot twists, but I still liked it. However, this fourth one was just disappointing. I mean, global warming is a great cause and all, but is this just going to become yet ANOTHER "don't pollute!" and "save the environment!" things? I mean, is this why the flock was created is to stop global warming?...I wasn't really too impressed by this book. I've seen how this author can write, and if he's out of ideas then just STOP writing and don't ruin a great series. I think you should leave global warming and (in this case) maximum ride apart. If James Patterson thinks we should be more aware of global warming, then he can write a book about global warming that people can read if they want to. But for us Maximum Ride fans, we just want the witty, action packed stories we fell in love with in the first three books.

    4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 28, 2008

    Disappointing

    After how AMAZING the rest of the series was, I couldn't believe this book. It was one of the worst books I've read in a long time. The plot was ill-formed and the sole purpose was to blatantly discuss global warning by exploiting characters we love. If you liked the rest of the series, leave it at that and don't let this book ruin it for you.

    4 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted March 17, 2009

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    Absolutely and unconditionally appalling

    I've generally enjoyed the Maximum Ride series, despite the fact that they all seem to read exactly the same, each lacking its own individual plot. They're enjoyable and engaging, all the same. This last book, however, dropped the bar completely. I felt trapped in to reading propaganda about the environment, and it had absolutely nothing to do with the previous books. Patterson attempts to wrap up the series with this book, and does a horrible job of it. In fact, he's already released yet ANOTHER book in the series. Some series should just end.

    3 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted May 26, 2009

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    maximum ride

    this one was the first book i read in the max ride series. i didn't realize it was the 4th one. my friend finally told me. i thought this one was the worst in the series. no action and global warning. boring. fang ditches max after she runs away(again). i hated it

    2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted March 7, 2009

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    doesnt live up to expectations

    I really liked the first three maximum ride books, but this one was by far the worst book. It was REALLY bad. It had nothing to do with the plot of the other books and had horrible villains. It was only about global warming and was just an all-around bad book

    2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Posted December 6, 2008

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    Worst Maximum Ride Ever

    The plot was weak and barely had any relevance to the other three books. I don't know why the characters were in Antarctica. James Patterson put way too much of his political views into this book instead of his usual creative twists and turns. I was very disappointed. The books seem to get worse and worse.

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  • Posted November 25, 2008

    a bit disappointed

    I appreciate James Patterson proclaiming the issues of global warming...but I was expected the book to have more in it. I thought there was going to be some great romance between Fang and Max, but there wasn't. I also thought the book was going to be longer and explain more. Maybe the next book in the series will be better than this one.

    2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 3, 2008

    Inspirational

    This book is great. It does show progression between Max and Fang and those who didn't capture it, well have little patience and live in the now generation. Anyhow, many complain the book was short perhaps because it was such as good read. I couldn't put the book down but did find growth in the flock, relationship progression and a quest. Max and Fang display typical adolescent inner struggles among other qualities. I really like this book.

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  • Posted September 13, 2011

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    loved it

    this book is filled with a lot of action. It is an excellent read- enjoyed it.

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  • Posted May 17, 2010

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    Maximum Ride series review by Dana

    I am a huge Maximum Ride fan. Most of my friends are too, but many of us noticed that after the third book it was as if the author got lost. Here are some things I noticed:
    - the flock never officially defeated Itex
    - it was never determined whether Sam (Max's short term boyfriend) was good or evil
    - Iggy's power to see the color white was never mentioned after this book
    - the people at Itex never explained why they tried to make Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, the Gasman, and Angel believe that everything was a dream
    - in Fang it looked like Max was going to go to see Dr. Gunther Hagen and
    get Iggy a pair of eyes for his birthday, but she never did

    Those are just a couple of things that didn't work or were never resolved in the series. Maybe the author, James Patterson, is planning to answer these questions in later books.

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  • Posted February 13, 2009

    Every series has a dud

    I loved James Patterson long before the Maximum Ride series came out. Max is one of six 'bird kids', genetic mutations escaped from The School, the lab where they were mutated. Max, the eldest, cares for the rest of her flock as individuals with malicious intent try to capture them.

    The series has been phenomenal up until this point. Sure, Max is a bit of a Mary Sue but the rest of the characters and the plot more than made up for that. When I read The Final Warning, I was looking for more of the same excitement and what-will-happen-next plot.

    The Final Warning is about Global Warming. That's it. Max and co. go down to Antarctica to help scientists study global warming. This book is incredibly preachy and would annoy anyone, whether or not they believed in Global Warming. Like, it's obnoxious and condescending in the delivery, insulting readers' intelligence.

    During a hurricane, as people are blowing about and such, Max stops and goes, 'Maybe Global Warming IS bad!'

    Patterson's writing has suffered here, as well. It seems to be an almost watered-down version of his usual work.

    At the end, it was like Patterson went, 'Oh, I forgot to add a plot!' and does.

    Read the first three books. I hope the next book, MAX, ignores this folly. While the other books I went out and bought, I'm going to probably get the next one from the library, just in case.

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  • Posted November 30, 2008

    Misses the target

    Ok, before I begin the review, let me say that the first three Maximum Ride books were amazing. And after those experiences, I don't think it's asking too much for a similar or at least comparable experience with this book. Sadly, that is not the case. My number one complaint is that this book is lacking plot depth. It's very shallow, very few plot twists that the books have become known for, and worst of all, it's very short. I mean, it's like Patterson took out all of the suspense in the series and just decided to make it all action. While this could have been good, it wasn't, due to the lacking of plot depth.

    On the bright side, there was definitely the trademark Max humor, it's not lacking at all there, as there were several jokes that had me in hysterics, and a lot of them made references to earlier events in the series, and that always gets good laughs from dedicated readers. The characters are their same awesome selves, I wouldn't change a thing about them here. :)

    Overall, it isn't very good for first timer's to the Maximum Ride series due to its shortcomings. However I'd recommend it to die-hard Max fans, because even though it isn't the best book in the series in my opinion, it's still decent enough to keep you reading 'til the end.

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  • Posted October 28, 2008

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    My problem with the story wasn't so much that James Patterson used it as a soapbox for global warming -- after all, it's his book, and he can do what he wants.

    The problem, as I see it, is there was NO WAY he started writing this series with a plan to make Max's "saving the world mission" one that had anything to do with this topic.

    If you go back and read the series from the beginning, starting with THE ANGEL EXPERIMENT, we all knew that Max and the gang had a special mission, a mission that would save the world. We knew it would be big, and no doubt unbelievable, as most of Mr. Patterson's plot lines are. But if this had been his plan all along, you have to think that there would have been SOME advance warning.

    No, what really ticks me off is that it seems as if he decided, with the current state of affairs, to change the whole point of the books at the very last minute, as a way to promote his cause.

    THAT'S what makes me angry.

    (The only good thing about THE FINAL WARNING? Total's "I prefer canine-American" comment, which made me laugh until I cried.)

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 22, 2008

    Used

    Okay I LOVE the first three books of the Maximum Ride series, there my favorite books. But this book, The Final Warning, is a major let down. I feel very used by James Patterson and I'm VERY dissappointed. He brought reality into the book I'd hoped he would keep fictional, cause it's my getaway!!!

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 16, 2008

    I smell something and it isn't me

    I think this book was a major disappointment. It was basically just an add for global warming. It makes me wonder if James Patterson has any respect for his fans at all.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 25, 2008

    Worst Book in the Series

    When I got this book, I was so excited and expecting it to be like the three other books in the series, but it was a huge disappointment. Max and Fang kiss near the beginning, and then there is no other mention of their romance. Why mention it if it isn't going to be expanded on? Also, the book was way too pushy and preachy about global warming. I know it's a problem, but making the plot all about that lost the integrity of the series and lost my interest. Even the characters seemed like they weren't true to the way they were in the series previous books. Hopefully, book 5 is better but really don't waste your time or money on this book.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted August 12, 2008

    I'm Crushed, and yes there is an MR5

    I am a Max Ride fanatic through and through. I read the books religously. But, seriously, GLOBAL WARMING?? Like that other person said, Max was raised in a lab, put through horible, painful tests, so on and so forth, to give a lecture on GLOBAL WAMRING?? No fight scenes, Fang being un-Fang like, and to top it all off, global warming. I use my spare time searching for info on MR5, and it's about the flock going to Hawaii helping stupid fish that are in trouble because of global warming. But, of course, I'll buy the book in hopes that the series will be turned around, and I'll be crushed with the outcome.

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