United as One

By: Pittacus Lore

Narrated by: Neil Kaplan, Devon Sorvari, Bruce Thomas

Length: 12 hrs

Publisher's Summary

The seventh and final book in the number-one New York Times best-selling I Am Number Four series! With United as One, this action-packed series comes to a surprising, breathtaking, and utterly satisfying conclusion.

The Garde didn't start this war, but they'll do whatever it takes to end it once and for all....

The Mogadorians have invaded Earth. Their warships loom over our most populated cities, and no country will risk taking them head-on. The Garde are all that stand in the way, but they'll need an army of their own to win this fight.

They've teamed up with the US military, but it might not be enough. The Garde need reinforcements, and they've found them in the most unexpected place. Teenagers from across the globe, like John Smith's best friend, Sam, have developed abilities. So John and the others must get to them before the Mogs, because if they don't their enemies will use these gifted teens for their own sinister plan.

But after all the Mogadorians have taken from John - his home, his family, his friends, and the person he loves most - he might not want to put any more lives in danger. He's got nothing left to lose, and he's just discovered he has been given an incredible new Legacy. Now he can turn himself into the ultimate weapon. So will he risk his life to save the world, or will he realize that power in numbers will save us all?

©2016 Pittacus Lore (P)2016 HarperCollins Publishers

So much promise!

For an entire series i was along for the ride. Epic battles book after book with Twists and turns. Such a great series. then came the final book. i listened and was sad you only got two voices, only two narrators, only two minds. For a book that called itself united as one I was sorely disappointed that it ended so haphazardly and everyone left went off on their own. The unity and family was missing in this book. They forgot what had made the other books great and almost ruined everything by turning it into a revenge and violence novel instead of being multi voiced and character driven. So sad, too bad, oh well. so unsatisfying. Now I have to find some fanfic writer who wrote a better ending to such an awesome series.

Meh

I'm a huge fan of the book series, however as the final book I felt it was a little lack luster. Even of this was not the finale this was definitely the least exciting book. However it does not ruin the series one bit. Fantastic series!!

a very good repeat read

I must have read all of these books at least a dozen times and the only thing I hope for is at least one or two more book...the after story if you would

Not the best narrator choice

Would you listen to United as One again? Why?

Probably not. While I've enjoyed the series, the narrator killed this book for me.

What didn’t you like about the narrators’s performance?

About 10 minutes into the book I almost stopped listening due to the male narrator. This is a book that is supposed to be from a teenage boy perspective, so why does he sound like a 60-year-old smoker. It only got worse with the voices used for all the other characters. I do think this narrator would be amazing in a spy novel or some older police detective role, but this was horrible. Even the female narrator sounded way too old for the character of Six. I did complete the book as I wanted to finish the series, however it's not one I would enjoy listening to again.

anticlimactic...

I waited forever this story and I'm a little disappointed at the ending. Decent read.

Great series for any age

Well done Pittacus. I really enjoyed the entire series. Well written. Narration is very done as well. I will tell all my friends and recommend it to anyone. Thanks for the fun trip in my mind.

The characters are just not very smart

Without spoiling it, the characters make the same bad decisions over and over again and they and the world suffers for it

Loved it!

I have enjoyed listening to the while series.The narrators did a great job. The books are well written, I thought. I didn't want them to end.

Good Story, rough narration

Overall I enjoyed the series but the male narration made it tough. John's voice was fine but every other guy was a weird archetype like jock, nerd, or growl. All the voices he used for the women were basically just snark. Made all the scenes where he voices Phiri Dunra and Agent Walker excruciating. These are supposed to be emotionally heavy scenes but he voices Phiri like she's some high school bully making fun of his clothes, not a villain trying to murder his friends. Unrelated to the narration, Phiri Dun Ra is a waste of a character. They introduced her for another named baddy but she never should have made it out of the last book alive. They've dusted thousands of Mogs and the only reason there's even a plot for this book is because they refused to kill her despite having no need to keep her alive. This series could realistically be 5 books or less with Fall of Five and United as One being merged into one of the others. The series is inefficient with some of the books seemingly ending in the middle of a scene while entire chunks of the books are spent with people just waiting around. Fall of Five is basically just them hanging out in Chicago until they're forced to leave in the very end.

finally

finally he's dead! good ending for a good story. :) I had my fingers crossed they'd win in the end.