As the Series Draws to a Close, Pittacus Lore Details "The Fate of Ten"

The Fate of Ten - Pittacus Lore

Even as the giant ships filled with Mogadorian soldiers loomed over two dozen human cities, John Smith (title character of I am Number Four)  and his faithful friend Samwise… err, Sam bring the powers vested in them by the elders of Lorien to bear against the evil Setrakus Rá. As the two BFFs battle pasty-faced Mogs in the streets of NYC; Six, Seven (aka Marina) and the trueborn Mogadorian Adam who channels One find themselves in a pitched battle with other Mogs at an ancient temple in the Central American jungle. That leaves only Five and Nine, the remaining Garde, who battle against each other high above Manhattan.

Sam’s beloved Sarah and his high-school nemesis, Mark, have joined forces with The Navigator in what looks as though it will be a losing cause: ten or so teens and one adult, arrayed against a gazillion evil aliens led by a shape-changing ghoul who can blank the Garde's legacy powers with a twist of a wrist? But wait… suddenly, teens (and only teens – this is, YA, after all) around the world have suddenly begun developing Legacies of their own. 

But why? How? And more to the point, is it too late? Read The Fate of Ten and perhaps you’ll find out…

More Filler in the Lorien Legacies: The Guard

The Guard - Pittacus Lore

Remember when authors published a book once a year – or even less often? You’d wait patiently for the latest from your favorite scribe, add it to your Christmas list, and you might have even waited outside the doors of your local bookstore on the release date. That’s not so any more – I blame it on James Patterson, who (with a stable of co- and ghost-writers) pumps out about a book a month. Unfortunately, he’s not the only one to follow that path.

At the small intersection of YA fiction and SciFi, there’s a little series called “The Lorien Legacies.” The first book in the series was made into the (fairly) popular movie “I Am Number Four.” Since then, author Pittacus Lore – originally the writing team of James Frey and Joby Hughes, but now apparently a bunch of ghostwriters – has pumped out novellas and short (very short) novels in the series at a furious rate. The latest – or at least most recent one we’ve seen – is a novella called The Guard.

Pittacus Backtracks to Fill Some Plot Holes: "The Navigator"

I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: The Navigator - Pittacus Lore

Among all the tangled plotlines of the so-called Lorien Legacies series, there have always been open plot holes. Take, for instance, the sudden appearance – out of nowhere – of Crayton and Ella in… who knows which of the ‘leventy or so novellas so far? Or the dozens of chimerae [sic] held captive by the Mogadorians in their West Virginia base. Or the mysterious tall, dusky woman who shows up in… another book; or at the end of one tale, as the nine Garde flee their doomed home, there’s brief mention of a second ship. Well, Pittacus Lore (in reality the writing team of Jobie Hughes [maybe, or perhaps another ghostwriter] and James Frey ) are nothing if not inventive, once again doubling back in their plotline to fill in the holes. This time, it’s the startlingly out-of-sequence The Navigagtor.

Mogs Invade! Mogs Invade! The Garde Take the Fight to the Evil Aliens

The Revenge of Seven (Lorien Legacies) - Pittacus Lore

When we left the remaining Garde last time (The Fall of Five), everything was a mess. The traitorous Five had killed Eight, left three other numbers marooned in the Everglades, and tipped off his Mogadorian allies to the location of the stronghold in Chicago. In the aftermath of the resulting firefight; Ella’s been kidnapped by Mog soldiers and John, Sarah, Adam and the Goodes are on the run. Maybe it’s time to regroup…

Told from three viewpoints – those of Six, John and Ella – The Revenge of Seven finds the remaining Garde sundered even further, with three of them off in search of the fabled Sanctuary while John, the humans and their “good Mog” ally Adam fight a rear-action on the east coast. Meanwhile, Ella is imprisoned on Setrákus Ra’s flagship in interplanetary space as the Mogadorians prepare to invade Earth. And that’s not Ellas’ only heart-rending surprise, as the evil Mog overlord reveals his true face to her while laying out his plans for our planet.