She is a 14-year-old (15 in Fang, Angel, and Nevermore and 20 in Maximum Ride Forever) avian-human hybrid and the leader of the Flock. It was released on February 5, 2010 in Australia, New Zealand and the UK and was released in the US on March 15, 2010. It is also revealed that Dylan has been trained to fight, and can self-heal his own wounds. In MAX, a spy records that Fang can fly up to speeds of 250 mph. He is deeply upset when Max tries to cut the chip from her arm.

Due to the whitecoats' experiments to enhance his night vision, Iggy is effectively blind, though he can see if his surroundings are white and can identify people by feeling their fingerprints and the feel of their wings.

They rescue Angel, but Jeb shows up with an army of Erasers. Dr. Martinez is a strong-willed woman who goes to great lengths to help Max. He created Dylan, wrote a book, and makes the shocking suggestion that Max and Dylan should come to live with him to Germany in order to "breed" (have children) or create the start of Max's "dynasty". In The Final Warning, the Flock is given the opportunity to go to Antarctica to help a group of scientists that are trying to save the world as well. Her wings are pure white and are 8 ft (9 ft in Fang) across. Not long after, Fang calls Max and asks her to meet him in San Diego. After this, a long string of questions is shown, written by a fan called "Jessie." Disaster, etc. "[6] The review said that "[a]fter 400+ pages, readers may wish they were a little farther into the plot and that more of their questions had been answered. He can also be paranoid, calculating and pragmatic. Jeb's son, Ari, who was turned into an Eraser at a very young age, is one of the last to die when Itex 'retires' all of the Erasers and replaces them with the Flyboys, robotic Erasers with synthetic skin attached to their robotic structure.

Max catches him kissing a pushy classmate named Lissa, and is surprised when she feels jealous. Fang is infuriated when Max rescues Ari Batchelder, the Eraser son of Jeb Batchelder and her half-brother, (as later revealed) from the School after learning of Ari's expiration date. Akila is killed by Cryenas in the final book in the series, "Maximum Ride Forever". The series is centered on the adventures of Maximum "Max" Ride and her family, called the Flock, who are human-avian hybrids born with wings after being experimented on at a lab called The School. The School Library Journal called the book an "exciting SF thriller that's not wholly original but still a compelling read".

At breakfast, it is revealed that Dr. Hans plans on forcing the human race to evolve by using the Flock as evolutionary templates. Described as Max's best supporter and the peacemaker, she likes Max over Fang and can't live without her. However, the drug ends up causing him to die. Among many carefully thought-out gifts for the other Flock members, Fang gives Max a birthstone ring. Its tag line is: He has always been there for her. Hawk then faints. Dylan goes on a rampage, destroying part of a town and even attempting to kill Fang. Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment received generally positive reviews. He has taken a laptop from Itex which he can use to update his blog. They return as soon as they hear that the Flock is in danger. The two teams join forces in Paris, although they don't exactly get along, but they must stop the Doomsday group from killing themselves and hurting others. During this mission, Max, Fang, and the others discover many other abilities, like breathing under water. "[5] It also mentioned that fans of the first book would be "delighted"[5] with the sequel. He leaves with no clear plan, but among files he did not delete from his laptop are hints that he is trying to recruit mutant kids. Afterwards, the rest of the Flock are still mad at Max. The novel begins with the Flock traveling to Africa. When his mother had him the doctors told her that he had died. The series is a reboot of James Patterson's earlier novels When the Wind Blows and The Lake House, aimed at a younger audience. Although she is confused, she allows him to get closer and closer to her. Meanwhile, Fang's gang is caught up when they're attacked by two convoy trucks and some of them are seriously injured and Maya is killed. Ella is proven trustworthy.

After the epilogue, Max goes through Fang's files on an old laptop since Nudge is using the new one. It takes some time, but eventually they love each other again.

Prisoners start throwing "gifts" at them, though Fang's cell is empty. Maximum "Max" Ride is the title character and the primary protagonist of the series. This skill only plays a significant part in that book. They officially begin to date in MAX, but in FANG he chose to leave her to avoid distracting her from leadership. [10][11] In an interview with James Patterson, it was revealed that Arad has already planned out the first two movies. When Ari was only seven, the whitecoats used him as an experiment to see if Erasers would be stronger if they were mutated after birth. He has a fourteen-foot wingspan. Heartbroken, he tells Ratchet and Holden to go home. "[citation needed], The film ran into trouble in early 2012, when Catherine Hardwicke quit as the film director. In New York, when Fang is injured by the Erasers, Max kisses him. These feelings are ultimately challenged in Maximum Ride Forever when Max encounters Jeb helping the Remedy in Himmel. He is known to be a fan of culture, including theater and cuisine.

Her hair color has differed throughout the books, is described as dark as sun-streaked brown (MAX) and as light as blond (School's Out Forever, Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports). Ari is Jeb's son who was turned into an Eraser when Jeb was helping the Flock escape from the school.

Max trusts Dr. Martinez and trusts her judgment, which allows her to understand some things she is blind to. In Maximum Ride Forever, he becomes known as the Remedy and builds a large underground shelter in Russia known as Himmel. Angel seems to approve, giving Max a thumbs-up. Max and the gang go to the Itex headquarters in Germany, where there is a super-mutant named Omega. It was released on February 5, 2010 in Australia, New Zealand and the UK and was released in the US on March 15, 2010. When Fang comes back after departing from Colorado, forming Fang's gang, being betrayed by Kate and Star, arriving again, and being attacked by failure eraser copies of Ari, led by successful Ari copy, and Jeb, hurting Jeb, it is revealed that she was persuaded by Jeb, in a sort of spell, but still isn't to be full trusted by Angels' mind reading skills before they go to the tropical paradise islands with tree houses, used as a sanctuary made by Dr. Valencia Martinez, and Nino Pierpont, the richest man in the world, among others. Max then teaches him how to fly starting with pushing him off of the roof. [7] The first volume of the series was released on January 27, 2009, the second volume was released on October 27, 2009, the third volume was released on August 17, 2010, the fourth volume was released on April 26, 2011, the fifth volume was released on December 13, 2011, the sixth volume was released on December 11, 2012, the seventh volume was released on October 29, 2013, the eighth volume was released on July 29, 2014 and the ninth volume to be released on November 17, 2015, with one more volume afterwards expected to be published. It is believed that when Itex was disbanded, some scientists took Eraser DNA with them, creating these new Erasers, though they are never mentioned after the events of the surprise battle. He was also made in a lab, created from a clone of a boy who had died in a car accident in the country of Canada. He is believed to have DNA of a raven because of his black wings that have a purple/blue shimmer. Fang and Max awkwardly agree to work together to search for the Doomsday Group. However, it is later confirmed that Jeb does care about Ari, because in The Angel Experiment, after Max has fought with and killed Ari, Jeb cries for Ari and calls after Max, telling her that she has killed her own brother. Fang leaves the rest of his "gang" and tells them to move on with their lives, and he goes back to Max with his original Flock. In the manga, he has extremely long hair in the first issues, later cut to neck-length. He replaces the destroyed wing with a bionic one and prepares it to be brought back to life, but waits until after they've defeated the Remedy to ask Max's opinion. Fang dies in "Maximum Ride Forever", but he is revived when Dylan sacrifices himself for him to live and Max to be happy. Though Jeb and Dr. Martinez are Max's biological parents, there is only a professional relationship between them. Fang shows an understanding of Max's personality, and when upset she often confides in him and he can calm her down. He also has some special abilities such as instantly healing from illnesses and regenerating small extremities, such as fingers.

Max refers to Jeb as the closest thing she had ever had to a father, although later her feelings for him are mixed. Iggy and Ella, Max's half sister, also showed signs of growing affection towards one another in Angel, which ultimately culminated in a shared kiss in Nevermore. In Nevermore, Angel is captured by The School again. It is discovered Total thinks Tricia Helfer is hot in Angel when they are going to go to the ComicCon in San Diego. The Flock is captured and they must find a way to escape and stop the Corporation's evil plan. In Paris, despite being quiet and used to blending in, Fang has to put on a show and attract passerby while the members of his group perform stunts near the Louvre, to attract the Doomsday Group's attention. He thought his father Jeb Batchelder didn't care about him, which is part of the reason that he hated Max out of jealousy and chased and terrorized the Flock. However, a blog commenter alerts him to the fact that Angel may be alive. He is said to be Max's "perfect other half", causing Max to refer to him as "Mr. Jeb then disappeared, leaving the Flock alone to fend for themselves. The prisoner tells her that Fang was at execution. Max says she wants Fang back alive and tells Dylan that she's pregnant with Fang's child. The novel begins with the Flock traveling to Chad in Africa. When they learn that the world is in danger, Fang says he and Max will face their fate together, and prepares to accompany her back to the mainland to try to help the humans. However, he then realizes that Maya is different from Max, and begins to treat her differently, although in his heart, he still loves Max. He makes many posts concerning different issues—mostly about the Flock's/Gang's adventures. In The Angel Experiment, he found out that the School took him after he was born. Near the end, he begins a blog. Although his true age is unknown, he considers himself fourteen or older at the beginning of the series.