Karen Waddell

Jake is depressed after a bad day and wishes he'd never met Elfangor.

Jake is acting pretty normal...but he did fall into the Yeerk pool. The Animorphs decide to play it safe and keep Jake under close watch for three days. If he does have a Yeerk in his brain, it will perish without Kandrona rays. Meanwhile, Ax, still new to planet Earth, must face the challenge of morphing.

For the last two years, Jake’s dad has been planning the installation of a new health clinic at the local hospital. On the eve of the grand opening with the Governor, Jake discovers that the clinic’s most generous benefactor is...a Yeerk! The Animorphs must infiltrate the clinic before the Governor, one of the country’s most powerful politicians, is infected!

The Animorphs discover that the Yeerks are dying in the heads of many controllers. The controllers have concocted a “flu epidemic” cover-up story but will the truth get out? Jake and Marco take a big risk to try and save Tom, sick with the “flu”, but he is taken by controllers for regeneration in the final hour. The risk pays off when they discover that it is in fact a freed controller, Mr. Perkins, their science teacher, who is trying to save Tom. Unfortunately, his attempt fails, and Jake and Marco must help Mr. Perkins escape Yeerk retaliation. Once again, their risks pay off and they learn that saving the world sometimes means one person at a time.