SUMMARY

Marco's mom is back. But she's not Visser One anymore. Marco's not even sure if she's still a Controller. But he's determined to find out. No matter what it takes. No matter what might happen. Marco wants his mom back. Jake, the other Animorphs, and Ax realize that Marco is under some serious stress. And that the situation with his mom could very well jeopardize everything they've worked for. Now they also have to wonder if Marco will be the one to give away the secret of the Animorphs...

Released: May 1999 Pages: 156 Cover Art by David B. Mattingly

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TRIVIA

ANIBASE: Over the course of the series, the Animorphs have all changed in various ways. For instance, in this book Marco revealed his ability to see clearly from point A to point B, to focus on what needs to be done and how to do it -- even if it may mean kiling someone he loves. Here's how Katherine Applegate summed up Marco's character development: "Marco developed over the life of the series from the reluctant warrior into the most ruthless of all the Animorphs." The scene at the end of this book when Marco is stopped by Jake from killing his mother is mirrored in a similar way again in #50: The Ultimate. There, it is Jake instead who is set to kill his brother Tom, but is then stopped by Cassie. Both Jake and Marco had a personal stake in to save their families when they first joined the war in the start of the series. Jake wanted to fight to save his brother, and Marco wanted to fight to save his mother. Their families didn't share the same fate in the end, however it's interesting to note that both of them were driven to killing the one they wanted to save the most in order to win the war, atleast at one point in the series or another. Despite the cliffhanger ending, Eva / Visser One returns yet again in #35: The Proposal, and then continues her story in Visser Chronicles, and then to the end of the series. Marco, here, breaks the Animorphs rule of acquiring sentient beings when he morphs a human named Mr. Grant, who is a middle-aged businessman. Interesting to note: Michael Grant, husband of Katherine, is also the co-author for Animorphs, though there is no relation of him to the character who briefly appeared in this book. Marketing: The redesigned "Watch Animorphs on TV" logos started printing on the covers with this book, and continued to be placed on all the books until the end of the series (May 2001), even though the TV show ended only a few months later (October 1999) after the logos began. The Canadian books featured a different logo, which labeled the channels YTV and Global on the covers as well.

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