The Escape (Animorphs)

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Animorphs 15: The Escape
Author	K.A. Applegate
Cover quote	The Yeerks are out there...
Narrator	Marco
Pages	163
Release date	1998
Previous Book	The Unknown
Next Book	The Warning

The Escape is a science fiction book by K. A. Applegate, a part of the Animorphs series.

New Morphs: All-Hammerhead Shark, All except Ax and Tobias-parrot

Marco's old acquaintance, Erek King, has some disturbing news about his mother, Eva, aka Visser One. She's returned to Earth, overseeing a Yeerk bioweapons program to allow them to venture deep waters - a requirement made by the Yeerk command for the invasion of Leera, a planet covered almost entirely by oceans. The research is conducted in the waters around Royan Island. The Animorphs infiltrate the facility, and discover that the Yeerks are trying to create super-intelligent sharks that can be infested and controlled by a slug. The animorphs are captured, and have devices installed in them. The only way to remove them is to destroy the facility. They attempt to do this, and during the battle, Marco reveals to Rachel and Ax that Visser One is his mother. Visser Three storms in, angry that Visser One would do this without his knowledge or consent, and they have a verbal argument. Even worse, the Yeerks have just captured some new specimens of an aquatic species - known as Leerans. The Leerans are capable of telepathy and unlimited mind-reading capacity. The Animorphs know that the Yeerks must be stopped before they can utilize two new powerful living weapons. They destroy the factory and escape unscathed.