It's even worse than that. Max is sure that a microchip has been inserted under her skin—leading freakish forces of evil to ambush them at any moment. She and the others are supposed to save the world.

Max will stop at nothing to find answers. One thing she does know: it's got something to do with an astonishing ability they have that no others can claim.

Max's heart-stopping quest to protect her "family" and investigate the mind-blowing mystery of her ultimate destiny continues in the scariest, strangest, and funniest James Patterson thriller yet

James Patterson is one of America's favorite storytellers, with more than 100 million books in print in forty languages, making him one of the top-selling writers of all time. The winged characters in the #1 New York Times bestselling Maximum Ride : The Angel Experiment and School's Out—Forever were inspired by his bestselling adult novels When the Wind Blows (of which more than 4 million copies are in print) and The Lake House . He lives in Florida.

Valentina co-stars with Joan Allen and Sam Elliot in Off The Map , directed by Campbell Scott . She has appeared in Law and Order SVU and in the new CBS hit series Love Monkey . She has also appeared in over 50 commercials, narrated voice-overs, and did a guest stint on Saturday Night Live