The Fall of Five: Introduction

Recently I began to read the book The Fall of Five by Pittacus Lore. It is the fourth book in the I am Number Four series and continues the quest of John and the Numbers trying to find Five, the only Lorite missing from their group. So the story starts out from the perspective of Sam, who at the time was being held in a Mogadorian cell and was tortured for information. Of course his loyalty towards the Garde and their "secrets" was too strong for even the Mogadorians to crack through so instead they just keep him captive for several months. When finally one day the rescue of Sam Goode arrives by none other then his known to be missing father and an apparent helpful Mogadorian. His first reaction of overwhelming joy when he sees his father after searching for him for years makes him forget about the Mogadorian, but as soon as he comes to his senses so does the idea that this could just be another trap set up by Setrakus Ra. But he knows for sure by his instincts that the man standing in front of him is his father one hundred percent and anyone his father trusts he should trust as well. So the next thing that happens surprises Sam almost as much as seeing his father allied with their apparent enemies, Adam the pro-Garde Mogadorian uses a sort of legacy (which only the Garde are supposed to have) to break Sam out of his jail. He doesn't get much time to respond to just viewing a Mog use a legacy on his run to escape his prison, neither giving him a chance to thank Adam for setting him free because the wall collapses allowing only Sam and his father to escape while leaving Adam trapped in the base. After they finally get far enough from the base and have a chance to rest Sam states, "During the the fight, he-- he made the ground shake. It was like he had a Legacy." (178, Lore). To that Sam's father replies his discovery he learned from meeting Adam, "Something happened to him during the experiment... Well I guess I'm saying... what if Adam inherited that Legacy because One wanted him to?" (179, Lore). The revelation that Garde are able to pass on their Legacy's opens new possibilities to fighting the Mogadorians and now knowing that Adam is on their side there could even be more like him who could be willing to help the Garde against Setrakus Ra to restore Lorian to its previous state.

This picture shows the cover of the book The Fall of Five, with its background being the Loriac symbol. This allows you to be able to foreshadow what might later happen in the book, such as a possible death of one of the numbers.