<P> The book is primarily narrated in first person, from the perspectives of Four (John), Six and towards the end of the book, Ten (Ella). A prologue in third person narrates briefly the story of an unnamed human - turned - Garde (later known as Daniela) as she survives a Mogadorian attack on New York . </P> <P> Prologue: An unnamed 15 - year - old girl and her 57 - year - old stepfather are watching the news of the Mogadorian invasion on TV (the girl is hinted to have a crush on Four) when they hear the Mogadorian soldiers breaking into the apartments on the lower floors of their building . Despite his poor relationship with his stepdaughter, the man sacrifices himself to save her and she flees via the fire escape . Cornered by Mogadorians, she discovers her telekinetic abilities and manages to kill her three attackers . </P> <P> Four (John) narrates chapter 1, which picks up after the end of the previous book, Revenge of Seven . Together with Sam Goode and other survivors, they flee from the Mogadorians, but Four is exhausted from excessive use of his healing legacy . A cop leads the group to safety, but Sam and Four stay behind to continue looking for Nine, who was last seen fighting Five in front of the UN . John realizes that the videos posted online by Sarah and Mark about the Mogadorian invasion have made him into a celebrity, the face of the resistance against the Mogadorians . Sam and Four seek refuge in a deserted apartment where Sam experiments with his telekinesis . They watch the news on TV and are see Nine and Five both battling the Mogadorian soldiers, but they are also fighting each other . Four and Sam leave for Union Square to find them . </P> <P> Six narrates chapter 2, where Six, Seven (Marina) and Adam are leaving the Sanctuary, having recently awoken the Entity, or the spirit which previously dwelled on Lorien and now on Earth . They note that nothing else seems to have changed after the Entity woke . As they try operating a Skimmer (Mogadorian ship) to depart for the US they realize that an evil Mogadorian girl has sabotaged all the Skimmers by removing an important part from each of them . They decide to hunt her down to retrieve the components . </P>

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