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If you're reading this series, there's MAJOR SPOILERS in this post, it's unavoidable. This one is really a game-changer. Finally something moves ahead and it looks like the Animorphs might actually make progress in their battle against the alien Yeerks. Marco's dad- an engineer- is on the verge of a discovery that might enable intergalactic communication. So the Yeerks are of course going to take him over. Marco can't stand loosing another parent to the enemy. He breaks all the Animorph rules and reveals his morphing identity to his father. Tells all. The reaction is shock and disbelief, then finally some degree of acceptance and things move forward pretty quickly. A lot of this story was a blur to me because fight scenes, meh. But- with an adult in the know, Marco and the team attempt to actually make the communication work- to call for aid. They find out that Marco's mother- whose Controller is Visser One- is about to be executed in the Yeerk pool as as a traitor (starved out, really). They blast in to save her using a stolen enemy fighter ship, and it is a royal mess. I did like the part where a squirming Yeerk got stomped on at the pier. Let's just say that in the end they all scrape out of it alive, though not without injuries, and some division among the Animorphs- they're all angry at Marco for having leaked their secret, at first. Marco's father is notably upset at his son giving him orders. The father is also torn between seeing the wife he thought dead actually alive again (though very changed after her bitter experience) and his new love, Marco's step-mother, now captured and enslaved herself. They have dealings with the Chee again, and the free Hork-bajir valley, and Marco's family have to fake their deaths and live in secret. But finally, there's more people in the know and even though I get tired of reading crazy fight scenes, I'm eager to see where this goes next.

I read this in one sitting. Oh, and despite what you might think from the cover, Marco doesn't spend time as an ant. He mostly uses gorilla morph. Does the ant briefly as a demonstration for his father.

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I went out of order again. Arggg

But I really enjoyed it. Marco gets to tell his dad the truth. Marco and his dad have to fax their own deaths and go into hiding. It was a very exciting book. ( )

A short comment for every book of the series until I get a chance to re-read them. All three of my sons and I loved this series and read every single book - I even bought every single book (most, but not all, used; some through school book sales). I'm excited to re-read them to see how the five main characters develop and to watch all the different transformations again. ( )