The Arrival (Animorphs)
Ax morphing into a northern harrier
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| Author | K. A. Applegate |
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| Illustrator | David B. Mattingly |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Animorphs #38 |
| Genre | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Scholastic |
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Publication date
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January 2000 |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 148 |
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| OCLC | 43299443 |
| LC Class | CPB Box no. 1765 vol. 24 |
| Preceded by | The Weakness |
| Followed by | The Hidden |
The Arrival is the 38th book in the Animorphs series, written by K.A. Applegate. It is known to have been ghostwritten by Kim Morris. It is narrated by Ax.
The front cover quote is "Andalites have reached Earth. Will Ax leave the Animorphs?" The inside front cover quote is "Now - or never?"
When the Animorphs see a front-page newspaper article about the Sharing in San Francisco they attempt to break into the office of the major local newspaper to determine how deeply infiltrated it is by the Yeerks. Mr. King (a Chee android) is captured and is about to be destroyed, and the group bursts out of hiding to rescue him. It is soon evident that the situation is a trap set up by Visser Three, and he joins the battle, engaging directly with Ax and the others in Andalite form. As the Animorphs try to run, a small group of new Andalites appear out of the elevator, and turn the tides of the battle. Tobias informs them that the police are coming, and the groups call an uneasy truce and depart to maintain secrecy. Ax, excited to see his own people after so long, is afraid to leave them without knowing how to contact them, but a female who fought next to him (Estrid-Corill-Darrath) reveals that they know his identity and will find him.
Back at Cassie's barn, Ax is excited that the Andalite fleet has finally arrived, but the others aren't so sure. After a few assertions that Ax is not seeing the situation clearly, in part because of a crush on Estrid, and a jab from Rachel about where his loyalties lay, Ax leaves the barn in anger after assuring them that he will follow Jake's command. He runs until his anger cools, at which point he realizes that he is deeply infatuated with Estrid.
Tobias and Ax go to the food court where they discover Estrid in human morph making a scene that attracts mall security. They escape with her because Tobias pretended that Estrid was his sister. They set up a meeting with her superiors. The newcomers are offended that Ax disobeyed their orders by bringing Jake (and the others, they soon find out) to the meeting, and that he is following a human's command. After much in-fighting amongst themselves, the small group of Andalites with an out-of-date ship accidentally reveal that they are the only Andalites in the area, and not fore-runners of the fleet as Ax had assumed. The group has been sent to Earth on a mission to assassinate Visser Three. Ax finds himself (competitively) fighting with the aristh Estrid, whom he beats, but just barely. He admires her skill in tailfighting, but is confused by her lack of military decorum.
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