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For Alexander and Maxx Leach And always, for
Michael
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y name is Cassie.
I can't tell you my last name. I wish I could.
It's kind of a nice last name.
And I can't tell you where I live or the true
names of my friends. Why? Because the enemy never
stops looking for us.
The enemy. The Yeerks. They're everywhere.
The Yeerks: a parasitic species from a
far-distant planet. All they are is little gray
slugs, really. I've seen them in their natural
state. They look like big snails without the shell.
You could squash one under your foot and it would be
helpless to stop you.
But the Yeerks don't live out their lives as
slugs. Like I said, they are parasites. See,
they
enter the head of another species, flatten themselves
out, and wrap themselves around the brain. And then they take
control.
That's what we call a Controller. A human
who isn't exactly human anymore. Or a
member of any species that is controlled by the
Yeerk in its head.
Maybe you think what I've just told you sounds
crazy. I guess if I were you, I'd think it was
pretty insane. But sometimes even the craziest things
happen to be true.
The Yeerks are here. Everywhere. If you think you
don't know someone who is a Controller, you're
probably wrong.
The school bus driver, the police officer in the
patrol car, the minister in the pulpit, the newsman
on TV, the rock star in the music video, the
person who smiles at you when you ride by on your
bike -- any one of them might be a Controller.
Your teacher, your friend, your sister, your mother and father.
Any of them. All of them. And you'll never know.
Until it's too late.
Until it is too late for planet Earth.