There's nothing notable about John Smith being on the run. His life has been a nomadic blur of alternate names, new locations, and anonymity. What's n..Show More »ew is the infamy. John is not just on the lam, he's now a notorious fugitive and he's not alone.

Picking up where Four left off, John and his friends are just trying to recuperate. But the world outside their seedy motel room is exploding with John mania. The media is being flooded with updates and revelations of John and Henri's seemingly criminal activities. Four's face is saturating the airways and internet. Too bad he didn't get that invisibility legacy.


She has been monitoring the news religiously. The events unfolding around a one John Smith is hard not to notice and has fueled her flame of curiosity all the way from the small Spanish town, where living the quiet life of devotion in her convent run orphanage has become the norm. It's been a long time since she felt the thrill of covert activities, moving from city to city, traveling from one european country to the next, and picking a new name to match her fleeing fancy. The last one she chose was Marina. She is number Seven.


John, Sam, and Six are trying to lay low and continue their training while deciding what their next move is, but that's kind of hard when you're driving a stolen truck with borrowed plates, every law enforcement agency is looking for you and only the blind have no idea what you look like. Of course traveling to the most unlikely and dangerous places possible doesn't help, neither are the close encounters with the Mogadorians who are tracking them a little too easily.


Marina is miserable. But the news on John Smith gives her hope. The chaos involving Smith causes Marina to believe he's Lorien like her and could be a sign of the Garde's emergence out of hiding. Unfortunately regardless of her developing legacies her education and training have been neglected. Marina's cepan Adelina has lost the will to do her duty, instead devoting her self to the church and dismissing any talk of Lorien. Marina knows that the safety of the Spain is on the brink and if Adelina won't see that then she'll leave on her own. But Adelina has hidden her chest and Marina can't leave it behind.

Skipping town is about to get harder. A mysterious man has been watching Marina, she's been a little careless and is starting to draw attention to her abilities. Marina's location is about to be compromised.


John is trying to deal. With the loss of his cepan Henri, having to leave behind his girlfriend Sarah, and his increasingly confusing feelings for Six, life is difficult enough without the bloodthirsty aliens constantly trying to kill him. But John and company are starting to learn the coincidences that brought them together may not be so random. Henri moved John to Ohio for a reason and Sam's missing father is a huge part of it. To discover what's going on they'll journey back home where everything began. As they get there it's looking less and less like Paradise.

Turmoil is on the horizon in Spain and Six feels the need for help emanating from the region. The glyphs of One, Two, and Three have been burned into a mountainside there as a beacon to Garde and Mogs alike, but John see it as an opportunity to sneak into the Mogadorians headquarters.

Can Four and Six divide and conquer?

Pittacus Lore's chronicles of the Lorien Legacies is extremely entertaining. Very addictive. The Power of Six is what I would call a bridge book. It's more about building the characters, strengthening the world, and establishing the threads for the larger storyline. Normally these in-between books, without a prominent individual plot of it's own, aren't usually as good as the rest in a series. But The Power of Six is the exception. There were a lot of mini threads cycling throughout the book keeping the story from becoming stagnant. The multi POVs also helped to thoroughly introduce us to Seven while maintaining our connection to John, Sam, and Six. The ever complicating relationships are balanced well with backstories, and lots of action. We meet some other interesting personalities like Nine, who stole the show since his first scene. I have the audiobook narrated by Neil Kaplan and Marisol Ramiez. They did a great job performing the voices, and I love that they have Ramiez doing Marina's POVs.

The Power of Six is just as engrossing as Four. Absolutely enthralling. I can't wait to meet five and eight! Some will live. Some die. Others will be lost. The war has just begun. Saving the world by numbers is my new obsession.

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I think I liked "The Power of Six" better, but this was still an entertaining story. We received a little more insight into the characters' personalit..Show More »ies and their respective legacies, in addition to meeting another gaurde member. The last half of the book was pretty action packed too.

The love triangle/square that formed during the second book took a back seat in book three. I think that whole angle was a little unbelievable when you threw Sam in there. I'm not quite sure if the story line is dead or might revive itself later, but it didn't really come to a head. Certainly not in typical teenage girl fashion. Overall it was a very good story and I'm excited for the release of book four.

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Disliked the narration. I have purchased other audible books and have been pleased. But this was so awful that I could not even bring myself to finis..Show More »h. Going to read the book instead, cannot rate the story because I could not stand the narration.

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I hate it when a book ends at on a cliffhanger. I remember listening to this title.... looking at the time left and knowing that there is no way every..Show More »thing is going to be wrapped up in the time that was left. I am not sure how the other book in this series is going to unfold but it's definitely going to be an interesting one.

The action in this one got turned up a couple notches with a lot of really fast pace, exciting portions. Up until the very last sentence you're treated with a barrage of action from the characters in the book. If you enjoy fast pace action, you'll enjoy this.

The narration to me was average at best and annoying at worse in places. The story is strong enough though to have you wanting to listen to the book despite.

The most annoying part of all this is having to wait on yet another book to see how this is all going to unfold....

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ARGH! so frustrating that there is another interminable wait for the next book.
no mercy!

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. ..Show More »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.

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I would have to give this one a 3.5/5. It was a good addition to the Lost Files Series and does fill in the blanks between main publications for the m..Show More »ost part, however the first 1/3 of the book was a repeat and I felt it did not progress the story. After that I always love hearing from our favourite father, Malcolm and it was also really interesting to see things from the other side (Mogs). One thing I like is that the author does touch on other places outside the USA which is refreshing. This is true throughout the entire series, main and in-between books. We do get a sense of what is to come in the finale, which I am excited to listen to. The narration was really good and I enjoyed the multi-cast narration. One thing I like throughout the whole series is how different narrators have different voices and interpretations of voices for that character. It really gives perspective. Looking forward to the finale and seeing what my boy BK is got in store.

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need to read

The narrators were every good, and the book, like all of the books in the Lorien Legacies, was fantastic!

Surprisingly good - I thought this was just going to be a random facts type filler book but it has great backstory not told from the main story line. ..Show More »It answers many questions I had that the main books didn't directly address...now I see why! Definite must read for the Pitticus fans! Can't wait till September for the next book!

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The book and story line was amazing!!!!! The narrators did amazing with using a lot of pizazz in the voice 😘 love this book!

When I read the summary of this book I wasn't sure it would be worth getting in to; however, I am so glad I gave it a shot. The characters are easy to..Show More » follow and interesting. Don't worry, not all the characters are new, there are some old friends in here too.

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