The Fall of Five

The Fall of Five

The American cover of The Fall of Five
Author	Pittacus Lore
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Lorien Legacies
Genre	Young adult Teen fiction
Publisher	HarperCollins (US) Penguin (UK)
Publication date	August 27, 2013
Media type	Hardcover
Pages	416
ISBN
Preceded by	The Rise of Nine
Followed by	The Revenge of Seven

HarperCollins (US)

The Fall of Five is the fourth book of the Lorien Legacies series by the pseudonymous author Pittacus Lore. It is the next book after The Rise of Nine.

The Fall of Five is the first book in the series to feature Number Five.

The Fall of Five opens to Sam, reliving his experience of torture from Setrákus Ra. He is then taken to Dulce Base before being rescued by Adam a mogadorian and his father, Malcolm. Adam holds off the Mogadorians while the two escape. Upon their escape Malcolm says he worries that he got Adam killed.

We then move to Chicago with John Smith (Number Four) who is suffering from insomnia and sits on the roof of Nine's apartment. He tells Marina that she doesn't need to always make breakfast but she says it's fine. He then talks to Six momentarily before Eight takes her to spar. Nine tells John that he is basically their leader and Nine is the gun. Ella and John talk and she says she doesn't want to talk about her nightmares. John then goes to Nine and the rest of the Garde gather around a computer that has a news article on it. It is a crop field with the burned Loric Number Five. A few days later another article appears saying that Five is looking for them, and that he'll meet them in Arkansas. Sarah, John, and Number Six run down to Arkansas while Seven, Eight, Nine, and Ella stay behind. While Nine is passed out on the couch, Seven and Eight go on a date. Nine is angered by this and fights Eight. They all train together.

John and Six talk about their kiss in The Power of Six and work out that they are just friends. They go to Arkansas and see Number Five from the distance. John offers to go first and walks up to Five. After showing each other their scars they all begin to talk. They are attacked by Mogadorians but fight them off and Malcolm and Sam come to help. They are all happy to see each other after Sam was taken prisoner. They all drive back to Chicago.

Ella reveals that Crayton's letter said that she was a rich guy's daughter and secretly sent off planet with the rest of the Garde. That is why she doesn't have the scars, or was protected by the Charm. Nine and Marina tell her that the charm didn't mean anything, and that she is Number Ten.

Nine picks on Five and Sam shortly after being introduced, but Marina (Seven) tells them they'll get used to it. Marina makes dinner and they exchange stories, Five is revealed to have gone from island to island before his Cêpan died of a disease. He was then on the run before attempting to meet up with them. He also tells that he buried his Chest in the Everglades. Malcolm informs them that Pittacus Lore had told him the Loric chests contained something that would jump start Lorien's ecosystem revival. He recalls how Pittacus died of his wounds and that he had him create the Greeters, all of whom but him, are dead. He also shares the story of Adam and how he rescued Malcolm before they made their way to Dulce to free Sam. Then he tells of Adam's Legacy, and despite Nine's doubts, John says they will find him.