Author:James Patterson,Jill Apple
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‘Has all the characteristics of his work ... pace, action, mystery and cool’ SUNDAY TIMES
Max, Fang, Iggy, Gasman, Nudge and Angel are six extraordinary avian hybrids. The result of a cruel Biotech experiment which manipulated their DNA and turned them into recombinant life forms with wings. This flock has endured a turbulent upbringing and they have been continually faced with evil. Evading capture on a daily basis, they have endured torture and been pushed to the very brink of sanity.
Hunted all their lives, they've had to fight life-threatening and belief-defying battles pitting their strength against the fearsome force of their shadowy enemies. But as their predators evolved, their unique ability to fly is no longer enough to save them. With their genes mutating to astonishing affect, the flock establishes a new set of skills to unleash as they strive for survival. But just as they struggle to get to grips with these physical changes, emotionally they face new challenges too: life on the fringe of society can be a lonely existence.
Driven to the wastelands of Antartica, each day brings a new threat for the flock. Danger is never far away and while fighting to save their own skin, they have a new mission to undertake - one with devastating global consequences...
The plot races along with plenty of action
—— Scotland on SundayMaxwell does something all great novelists do: he conjures depths of pain and regret in words of radiant simplicity
—— Anthony Quinn , ObserverAs you read They Came Like Swallows, you catch yourself from time to time being astonished at how tightly you're gripping the pages… There isn't a word that has dated. It could have been written yesterday, or tomorrow
—— Nicholas Lezard , GuardianA story of such engaging warmth that it would thaw the heart of any critic… Will melt many a reader to tears
—— TIMEAs the voices of Austen, Turgenev and Tolstoy have survived, so will Maxwell's
—— The TimesThis characteristically gentle story about a family tragedy lingers long in the memory as does all this master's work
—— Irish TimesAn excellent introduction to his sympathetic, refined and humane art, and is a most moving and impressive artefact in itself
—— Independent on SundayA lovely, heartbreaking book
—— New York SunRare...exquisite...a cameo-like perfection
—— New York Herald TribuneCompelling, heart-wrenching and laced with redemptive hope . . . Touching and funny
—— ObserverThe greatest comic writer ever
—— Douglas AdamsP.G. Wodehouse wrote the best English comic novels of the century
—— Sebastian FaulksSublime comic genius
—— Ben EltonYou don't analyse such sunlit perfection, you just bask in its warmth and splendour
—— Stephen FryWodehouse's idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own. He has made a world for us to live in and delight in
—— Evelyn WaughLovely
—— Daily TelegraphMoving and intelligent
—— IndependentMagnetic, unpretentious and bursting with one-liners
—— CosmopolitanJewell's readability and emotional intelligence make her the cream of pop fiction
—— GlamourFans of chick-lit will understand when I say that this is a book you simply disappear into
—— Sunday Telegraph
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