The Fate of Ten
| Author | Pittacus Lore (James Frey and Jobie Hughes) |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Young adult, science fiction |
| Publisher | Penguin Group |
| Published | August 2010–June 2016 |
| Media type | print/digital (hardcover and paperback) |
Lorien Legacies is a series of young adult science fiction books, written by James Frey, Jobie Hughes, and formerly, Greg Boose, under the collective pseudonym Pittacus Lore. It contains mild violence.
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I Am Number Four is the first book in the Lorien Legacies series. It introduces readers to the Loric, an almost extinct race of extraterrestrials represented by nine teenagers living on Earth. Another alien race, the Mogadorians, wiped out the majority of the Loric, except those who escaped to Earth. Now the Mogadorians have come to finish the job. The book is told from the perspective of Number Four, also known as John Smith. John is the next target for the Mogadorians, who must kill the Loric in the order of their numbers. John is also inheriting Legacies, the ancestral right of some Loric, and must learn to keep his powers hidden from his human friends.
The story is told by two members of the Garde: Number Four (John Smith), who is on the run with Sam, Number Six, and Bernie Kosar, and Number Seven (Marina), who is hiding at a convent in Spain. While John, Six and Sam try to stay ahead of the Mogadorians while searching for the other surviving Loric, Marina searches for news of John after his heroic battle at the school that came at the end of I Am Number Four.
The plot begins by showing what life is like for Marina in the convent. Marina starts to suspect the Mogadorians have discovered her, but believes the charm is what keeps them from attacking her. She keeps seeing the same Mogadorian watching her in various circumstances. A new 7-year-old girl named Ella comes to the orphanage and Marina befriends her. Meanwhile, she tries to convince her Cepan (Adelina) to open her Loric Chest and take responsibility of her role as Cepan, but to no avail. Ella finds the hidden Chest, and she and Marina retrieve it after a scuffle with four women from the convent. In this fight, Ella breaks her arm, and Marina discovers her healing legacy. Later, Marina drugs Adelina and opens her Chest.
Elsewhere, John, Six, BK (Bernie Kosar), and Sam continue evading the police. After a particularly bad chase one night, John finally decides to open his Chest, which he has kept with him all his life and contains special Loric items. He and the others examine its contents but they are unfamiliar with almost all of the Chest's objects. However, by opening the chest, they notify the Mogadorians of their location, and prompt an attack on the house, which they narrowly escape. Later, John reads Henri's letter and finds out the Mogadorians have captured Sam's father. Sam remembers his father telling him of a secret Loric base in his backyard, and they set off to find it. Upon finding it, they are interrupted by Mogadorians, and the party splits up: Six and BK stay and fight, while John and Sam find Sarah. When they meet, the FBI appear and arrest John, putting him and Sam in a prison near Washington DC. They suspect Sarah had notified the FBI while they met. Meanwhile, Marina activates a communication device in her Chest, which alerts both the Mogadorians and the members of the Garde of her location.
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