Nevermore: The Final Maximum Ride Adventure
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| Author | James Patterson |
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| Cover artist | Larry Rostant |
| Country | United States of America |
| Language | English and French |
| Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
| Publisher | Little, Brown And Company |
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August 6, 2012 (North America) |
| Media type | Book |
| Pages | 368 |
| Preceded by | Angel: A Maximum Ride Novel |
Nevermore: The Final Maximum Ride Adventure is the eighth book in the Maximum Ride series by James Patterson. It was released on August 6, 2012.
First copies of the preceding book, Angel: A Maximum Ride Novel listed the release date of Nevermore as being some time in February 2012. However, in the summer of 2011, fans of the series discovered a publication by the publisher which announced that the book had been pushed back to August 6, 2012. A five-chapter excerpt from Nevermore was released in the paperback "Deluxe Edition" of Angel: A Maximum Ride Novel in February 2012. When compared to the completed novel, there were a few paragraph and wording discrepancies between the Deluxe Edition Excerpt and Nevermore, leading some to speculate that either Patterson or his publisher decided that the draft required substantial revision.
For instance, the first paragraph of Chapter 1 from the Deluxe edition excerpt reads as follows:
I don't know whether you've been on a motorcycle or not, but I must say this: if I didn't have wings, and if motorcycles weren't -- essentially -- extremely cool death traps, I would want to ride on one all the time. It's about the closest thing to flying there is. The wind whipping through your hair, the sense of freedom, the bugs slamming into your face -- it's flying, but on the ground, burning gasoline and making a lot of noise. What's not to love?
While similar text does not appear in the released version of Nevermore until eight paragraphs into Chapter 9:
I don't know whether you've been on a motorcycle (if your parents don't know, please do not nod now), but I must say this: if I didn't have wings, and if motorcycles weren't, essentially, extremely cool death traps, I would want to ride on one all the time. It's about the closest thing to flying there is. The wind whipping through your hair, the sense of freedom, the bugs slamming into your face -- it's flying, but on the ground, burning gasoline and making a lot of noise. What's not to love?
The prologue is Angel's vision of Max's death.The book starts off with Max and her Flock preparing to go to school while they live in Oregon in a house Nino Pierpont gave them. Max is watching T.V. until it stops working. Iggy fixes it. The reporters are talking about a new group called the '99 Percenters' who are quickly growing into a powerful group. They don't know what their purpose is. Dylan comes in and Max snaps at him telling him that they will be late. Dylan points out that Max is still in her pajamas. At school, a teacher tells Dylan to capture Fang so they can perform tests on him. Dylan refuses to do so. The teacher tell him that they will kill or hurt Max if he doesn't which scares Dylan.
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