ANIMORPHS #14
THE UNKNOWN


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SUMMARY

There's a new rumor in town. Someone has discovered an item that proves life on other planets exists. And they've been hiding it on a base called Zone 91. The Most Secret Place On Earth.

Cassie, the other Animorphs, and Ax already know about life on other planets. Too well. They also realize the Yeerks will try to access Zone 91. To find out if what's there will threaten their mission. So the Animorphs decide to pay Zone 91 and the Yeerks a little visit. But what they discover is not at all what they expect...

 

Released: December 1997
Pages: 166
Cover Art by David B. Mattingly

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TRIVIA

  • ANIBASE: Here's a never before-told story about K.A. and the writing of this book:

    "My son was born premature in April of 1997 and spent 3 weeks in Neonatal Intensive Care. ...I remember sitting in a dark, abandoned lobby at the Minneapolis Children's Hospital every night, typing away at four in the morning on Animorphs, as exhausted and worried as I could be. After that, all books were dedicated to Michael and Jake."

  • This is the first and only time we are shown Yeerks trying to infest other species on Earth besides humans. In this case, it's horses so that they can infiltrate Zone 91. However, it seems that they were unsuccessful.
  • K.A. breaks her rule yet again. In this book, by renaming Area 51 for Zone 91 instead.

NEW PLOT ADDITIONS

ANIBASE:  Crazy Helen is an old woman with stringy gray hair who runs a souvenir shop in the Dry Lands. She's totally obsessed with aliens, and is the first to tell you all about Martians sending her messages through her teeth.

Also found in the Dry Lands, on a top-secret base known as Zone 91, is Captain Torrelli. He's a stern, serious man who doesn't like strange kids without any shoes giving him fake names and phone numbers. (He's probably lighten up if he knew the major military secret he's guarding is really an alien toilet!)

Jake Racehorse
Rachel Racehorse
Cassie Racehorse
Marco Racehorse
Tobias Racehorse
Ax Racehorse
   
Visser Three None.

None.

Galard
The universal language that's spoken throughout the galaxy.

Modular Waste Disposal System
Also known as an Andalite Dome Ship's Toilet.

Zone 91
The famed, top secret government installation out in the Dry Lands that is supposedly hiding alien spacecraft.

 

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RELATED LINKS

K.A. Q&A Archives
Reading List and Anibase Download
Alien-English Dictionary

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CREDITS

A big credit to Jeff Sampson for helping build and write the Anibase, which provided much of the inside information towards the series.



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