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1 My

name is Marco.

I've always kind of liked my name. Marco. It brings Marco Polo to mind.
Not that my last name is Polo. Or maybe it is. I'm not going to tell you.

None of us will tell you our last names. None of us Animorphs. Or where
we live. Or anything else that would help the Yeerks find us.

Yeerks? What are Yeerks? you wonder.

I'll tell you. They are a species of parasites. Like tapeworms, only
worse. See, Yeerks don't just crawl up inside your stomach or
intestines. They crawl inside your brain. They sink their malleable
bodies into the nooks and crannies of your brain. They tie straight into
your brain's neurons.

2 They control your brain. They control you more completely than it is
possible for you to imagine.