"The six of us—me, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, the Gasman, and Angel—were made on purpose, by the sickest, most horrible 'scientists' you could possibly imagine." Prologue, p. 1

"The funny thing about facing imminent death is that it really snaps everything else into perspective." Chap. 1, p. 5

"Mutants: half-men, half-wolves, usually armed, always bloodthirsty. Right now they were after me." Chap. 1, p. 5

"My heart pounded. I knew, just knew, that my little one, my Angel, was inside. And she was on her way to a place where death came as a blessing." Chap. 6, p. 19

"True, I'm the leader, I'm Max the Invincible—but I'm also just a fourteen-year-old kid. And every once in a while, like when I realize all over again that Jeb is gone forever, that we're on our own, that the others depend on me and I can't let them down, well, that's...