Mrs. Dennis
English II
Period 2
10-23-15
Book Summary
While 3-year-old Daniel is playing in the basement of his home, he hears his parents attacked and killed by an intruder demanding something called “The List.” When the assailant comes downstairs, Daniel realizes that it is not a human, but an insect-like alien called "The Prayer." However, Daniel is not an ordinary human boy but an incredibly intelligent alien with the ability to create and change anything into other shapes and forms. Knowing The Prayer is trying to kill him, Daniel transforms into a tick and jumps on The Prayer's head so that he can get away. Daniel watches while The Prayer burns his house with the bodies of his parents.
Now 15 years old, Daniel begins working his way through The List by going after the aliens on it, …show more content…
Daniel notices the disappearances occurred in a circular pattern around Malibu. Daniel returns home to find that Seth has turned his house into a graveyard. Daniel transforms the graveyard back into the house, but then goes to Phoebe's house. The two agree to skip school the next day and investigate the abductions. Phoebe makes a makeshift bed in her closet where Daniel can sleep.
After an evening filled with nightmares, Daniel wakes to find Phoebe missing. When he finds her near the school, she reveals that she is Ergent Seth in disguise. Seth incapacitates Daniel, shoots him in the stomach, neutralizes his powers and takes him aboard his spaceship. Also on the ship are numerous human children who have been abducted by Seth and his mercenaries to be sold into slavery.
After devising a plan, Daniel goes above ground to confront Seth. During their fight, Daniel turns into a tick and crawls inside Seth's head through his ear. While still inside Seth's head, Daniel transforms himself into an elephant, destroying Ergent