"Your old gods are dead. Long live the new." Six dead, thirty injured. That's what the news report said regarding the fire at a medical research facility in northern Washington, except witnesses that escaped the premises won't say a word and the bodies they announced were never recovered. But when a SHIELD surveillance team is visited the same day of the fire by what they can only describe as a girl with wings, the mystery begins to get deeper. Maximum Ride lost her entire family in that fire, a detail she conveniently forgets to add when agent after agent lobs questions at her from a hospital room. She won't speak to a soul, not for anything in the world, and pushes away food like poison. Why shouldn't she? It's an out of the frying pan, into the fire situation to Max and SHIELD is the place that's going to make her burn. But as Max recuperates and finds as stable a home she can get, dark secrets from her past begin to resurface, causing everyone around her to beg the question... who is Maximum Ride?

Maximum Ride's adventure ended in the final chapter of Nevermore - but what happened to the flock after the Split? Continue their journey as they continue their lives on the island paradise they now live on, in the time of Maximum Ride.

This story takes place 20 years later, when Max & Fang find each other again. But they're not the same people they used to be. Actually, no one is. Everyone has changed in the past 2 decades. Especially Max. They've all been living their lives, moving on, or trying to, from Fang. But Max has had the most trouble. She's changed to the point where she's no longer the strong, bold Maximum Ride everyone knew and loved. So what's going to happen now that Fang is back? It may not be the happily ever after everyone expects. There are some major MAJOR complications that Max, Fang, Dylan, and the flock have to struggle to deal with. So tell me, who's side are you on? FAX or MYLAN?

You know the story of Maximum Ride and her Flock. Well, this isn't that story. There were other children trapped in that school, some of which didn't get wings. This is their story. They've lived under the shadow of Maximum Ride for too long. Now, they're making their story known.