They are hunting us, and they won’t stop until they’ve killed us all. John is Number Four: In the beginning we were a group of nine. And make no mistake, there is going to be a battle.

That’s part of Henri’s job description too.to help John develop his Legacies into proper weapons that will aid the Loriens in their battle for survival. My left is dimly flickering, the burning sensation almost unbearable. I open my hands and my right palm is shining brightly, the light beginning to concentrate. I knew to expect my Legacies, but I had no idea it would include this. Think super-powers! The first one to show is Lumen: I sit on the floor, sweat stinging my eyes. But John is changing in other, more Loric, ways too. They are both going to be very important to him. And Sam with the complete NASA T-shirt collection. It’s a bit like paradise for John actually. ‘Who do you think it’s paradise for?’ ‘Cows, maybe? Scarecrows?’ ‘This place is even smaller than where we stayed in Montana.’ Henri is smiling. So John and Henri arrive in Paradise, Ohio, population 5,243. The Mogadorians are merciless plunderers. But they are still not safe from the Mogadorians, and neither for that matter, is planet earth. They were loaded onto a spaceship and sent to planet earth. Only nine gifted children were saved each with their own keeper. His home planet was attacked and plundered by the Mogadorians. He’s Loric, from the beautiful planet Lorien. I wonder if it’ll ever be possible for us to stop. I’m tired of dreaming up a new name every six months. It’s not that I’m necessarily sad to leave Florida, but I’m tired of running. Always moving on to the next town and the next school and the next identity: I have the urge to cry, but I don’t. So he has never bothered to make any close friends. John has never lived anywhere for more than about six months. That has meant a lot of bag packing and moving on never really settling anywhere. He is running with Henri who, as the grown up, is the man who has kept John safe all these years. Well, that is how it is for John Smith in this book. Your real, mortal enemy are the Mogadorians.

Especially when it isn’t really even the police who are after you, though that can happen too, off and on. How long do you think you could last, alone out there on the run? You can have one grown up to help you.

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