Publisher's Synopsis
A follow up to WHEN THE WIND BLOWS Frannie O'Neill's life turned upside down when six incredible children blew in on the wind. Rescuing them from the school that created them took all her courage and cunning, but now the young flock wants to go back to the couple it regards as parents, and Frannie and FBI maverick, Kit Brennan, are suing for custody. But when the case involves the most extraordinary creatures ever to land on this earth, nothing is simple. Only Max, the oldest of the winged children, knows that another, terrifying biological experiment is taking place. Dr Ethan Kane is secretly planning to perform a cruel travesty of an operation, but to complete his experiment he needs the ultimate prize - Max herself.