Animorphs #4: Back to Before

We can't tell you who we are. Or where we live. It's too risky, and we've got to be careful. Really careful. So we don't trust anyone. Because if they find us...well, we just won't let them find us. The thing you should know is that everyone is in really big trouble. Yeah. Even you.

What would have happened if the Animorphs had never existed? If Jake and the others had taken the long way home from the mall that night, instead of cutting through the abandoned construction site? If they'd never met Elfangor. Never rescued Ax. Never heard of the Yeerks....Jake's finally weakened. After one particularly grisly battle, the Drode hits him when he's down and offers the Animorphs' leader an escape from the terrifying pressure. He'll take Jake back to the mall and reverse the decision that started the Animorphs. It's an offer Jake's too tired to refuse. Now there's no morphing, no missions, and no knowledge of anything out of the ordinary on Earth. That is, until out-of-the-ordinary things start happening. That's when Jake, Rachel, Tobias, Cassie, Marco, and Ax are forced to deal, not with what would have been, but what is their awful new reality.