'Maximum Ride' To End After Eighth Installment

The NYT-best-selling-series, MAXIMUM RIDE, is drawing to a close. The seventh book, ANGEL, is to be released 2.8.11. The author, James Patterson, recently announced that the series will end after the currently-untitled eighth book is released. If you haven't read them, here's the titles:
Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment
Maximum Ride: Schools Out--Forever
Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports
The Final Warning
MAX
Fang
Angel

And here's the cover for 'Angel':