Ashfall Legacy

by Pittacus Lore

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

In a world where aliens live covertly alongside humans on Earth, 16-year-old Syd Chambers lives with his human mother after his extraterrestrial father disappeared years before. When Syd learns that his father is alive, he sets off on a mission to find him, and uncovers a deadly secret along the way. Fans of Lorien Legacies will enjoy the epic beginning to this new series.

Pittacus Lore finished telling the story of the Lorien Nine in the New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four and Lorien Legacies Reborn series. Now he’s back to recount an all-new adventure rooted in the real mysteries surrounding Roswell, New Mexico, that will enthrall fans of Brandon Sanderson, Jay Kristoff, and Amie Kaufman.

We have waited generations for you…

Syd Chambers knows that there’s life on other planets because he’s descended from it. His father was from a distant world called Denza and has been missing—presumed dead—for years.

When Syd discovers a device his father left behind which shows not only that he’s alive, but where he is, Syd must set out on a mission of his own. But along the way, he discovers a deadly, unbearable secret that could destroy Denza, Earth, and the universe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062845375
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	07/19/2022
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 1.20(d)
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years

About the Author

Pittacus Lore is Lorien's ruling Elder. He has been on Earth preparing for the war that will decide Earth's fate. He finished recounting the story of the invasion of Earth in the I Am Number Four series and is now ready to tell another story. His whereabouts are unknown.

Editorial Reviews

"The 'Lorien Legacies' author returns with an action-packed new series opener. Sydney and his cohort of space cadets are all well fleshed-out. The role humanity plays in this intergalactic space war will draw in fans of the superhero genre. Equal parts humorous and thrilling, Sydney’s adventures through the universe will keep fans of Lore’s previous series satisfied." — School Library Journal

"Lore reels in readers with imaginatively conceived characters and a snarky, relatable first-person narrative. An action-packed conclusion cracks the door for a sequel." — Publishers Weekly

"The I Am Number Four (2011) author’s legions of existing fans will be pleased to find the same explosive twists and witty humor that marked his other books, and readers unfamiliar with Lore who love epic, sprawling worlds and fast-paced storytelling should also be directed to this action-packed sf adventure." — Booklist

PRAISE FOR THE I AM NUMBER FOUR SERIES: “Number Four is a hero for this generation.” — Michael Bay, director of Transformers

“I Am Number Four is a breathless page-turner of a sci-fi novel that will have readers rooting for the teen alien who must unleash his firepower to save himself, his human friends, and the planet. So gear up, sci-fi fans, the battle for Earth is on and there’s a new kid in town!” — Amazon.com

“There’s genuine suspense…. It’s easy to get lost in the world of the sweet teen from another planet.” — Chicago Tribune

“Terrifically propulsive.” — ALA Booklist

“Action-packed.” — Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

Terrifically propulsive.

ALA Booklist

PRAISE FOR THE I AM NUMBER FOUR SERIES: “Number Four is a hero for this generation.

Michael Bay

"The I Am Number Four (2011) author’s legions of existing fans will be pleased to find the same explosive twists and witty humor that marked his other books, and readers unfamiliar with Lore who love epic, sprawling worlds and fast-paced storytelling should also be directed to this action-packed sf adventure."

Booklist

There’s genuine suspense…. It’s easy to get lost in the world of the sweet teen from another planet.

Chicago Tribune

"The I Am Number Four (2011) author’s legions of existing fans will be pleased to find the same explosive twists and witty humor that marked his other books, and readers unfamiliar with Lore who love epic, sprawling worlds and fast-paced storytelling should also be directed to this action-packed sf adventure."

Booklist

There’s genuine suspense…. It’s easy to get lost in the world of the sweet teen from another planet.

Chicago Tribune

Lore reels in readers with imaginatively conceived characters and a snarky, relatable first-person narrative. An action-packed conclusion cracks the door for a sequel.”

Publishers Weekly

2021-05-27
A half alien teenager sets out for the stars in search of his missing dad.

In what rapidly devolves into a jumble of well-worn science-fiction tropes and typecast settings glued together by adolescent behavior and muddy thinking, the story follows 16-year-old Sydney, who has been on the lam with his gun-toting default-White human mom for 10 years. Syd meets and agrees to join his alien uncle on a training voyage to planet Denza, where he can take classes at the local star fleet academy and find his father, who vanished on an exploratory voyage years before. Syd discovers that all humans become super strong and super tough when they leave Earth—but die when they return. Might his father have come upon a cure hidden among the relics of a…wait for it…mysterious race of vanished galactic overlords? In his typically unsubtle way, the pseudonymous Lore chucks discrimination into the mix too—being a “mutt,” as one hostile shipmate put it, Syd gets a decidedly mixed reception from the specist Denzans, and a fellow hybrid angrily informs him that she identifies as human. Before arbitrarily cutting off midway through, the climax collapses into a glutinous mass of revelations including the fate of Syd’s father and the nature of the aforementioned overlords. Oh, and there are space monsters and a magic ring.

A derivative mess. (Science fiction. 14-17)

Kirkus Reviews