I Am Number Four: The Lost Files: Secret Histories: A YA Science Fiction Companion―Three Novellas of Invasion, War, and Redemption (Lorien Legacies: The Lost Files)

The Lorien Legacies is one of the greatest series ever created in the history of books! Each novel in the installment is just beautifully written. All the characters will capture your attention. The storylines are freaking amazing. And the action-packed sequences will keep you reading until the very end!True, each story is small and could have been bigger in their own way, but when you put three of those mini-stories in one volume, then you get your very own "spin-off" story set! The three stories of this book, "The Search for Sam", "The Last Days of Lorien", and "The Forgotten Ones", are about characters who play huge role for the main series. It tells about people who were "behind the scenes" and what they have went through. The stories themselves are almost like "origins" about how these certain characters began and how they fought to survive.These "Lost Files" give us the answers to the questions that cannot be fully explained in the main series, allowing us to get the bigger picture of how things are on the sidelines. You will love every moment of these stories!First off, we have poor Mogadorian, Adamus Sutekh, who has lived a tough life with his "control-freak" father and "over-achieving" family. He witnesses the death of Number One and is later plugged into the brain of One herself (if you read the "Fallen Legacies" that is) and then forced to deal with One throughout his coma, where he learns a few life-lessons along the way and ends up switching sides for the Garde. From that moment, he tries to prevent Two and Three's deaths, but fails and ends up betrayed by his own kind. Left for dead, our Mogadorian hero finds himself on more adventures in two of these stories that are presented in this "Lost Files", "The Search for Sam" and "The Forgotten Ones". Trust me, you will love this new hero, even if he is a Mogadorian. You will also love the relationship between him and One (spiritually anyway). Not to mention that "The Forgotten Ones" will lead directly into the fifth novel that is coming out soon.And secondly, we have Number Nine's Cepan, Sandor, who we last saw in "Nine's Legacy" (and sadly died). But this time, we find ourselves in the past, back on Lorien (before it is destroyed). Instead of "Mr. Wise Cepan", we see a whole new Sandor on Lorien. He is rebellious and very awesome at breaking into things. We learn his story in "The Last Days of Lorien" and also about the destruction of Lorien through his eyes. Not only that, we also get a few appearances from a few "certain" characters who have appeared in the main series. So be on the look out, you may find them. And yes, you will also get to see how Nine and Sandor meet. I won't reveal anymore as it is way better to read than to tell big time "spoilers".Trust me, you love this! Buy the book and read these people's stories! They will explain everything (well, almost everything)! But seriously, they do such a beautiful job at staying true to the main series!

Before anything is said on this product, I would just like to point out that there was a previous collection of three short stories called I Am Number Four: The Lost Files. This is sort of the sequel to that. What it contains is three short stories called The Search For Sam, The Last Days of Lorien, and The Forgotten Ones. The Search for Sam and The Forgotten Ones are the continued story of Adamus Sutekh, a Mogardian whose story began in The Forgotten Legacies in I Am Number Four: The Lost Files. Long story short, he has all of Number One's memories and as a result, he's become sympathetic to the Lorics. Anyway, he was thrown off a cliff trying to save Number Three, and now he's trying to live a normal life away from aliens. All I'm going to say is, that doesn't last long. The Last Days of Lorien is a prequel to the whole series; it tells the story of Sandor, Nine's Cépan (mentor), living on Lorien before it was destroyed. So is this worth buying? First off, each short story is roughly the length of a third of a normal book. Secondly, I thoroughly enjoyed all three stories. (And by the way, it also contains the first chapter of The Fall of Five, which has not yet come out at the time of this writing.) Finally, it's an excellent addition to the series, and is solely quality story-telling, unlike Rick Riordan's Lost Files, which contain puzzles and frills that are unnecessary (in my opinion.) In conclusion: I bought it, and if you enjoy this series, I would recommend buying this. It's only nine bucks, and you've probably wasted more on things not as enjoyable.

So glad I read this book. It helped me understand how the author developed his characters, the Lorien home world and its ultimate demise. There have been hints in other books but this one really brings it to reality. The main character in one of the chapters is who I think is supposed to be Nine's cepian which explains Nine's lair in The Rise of Nine and The Fall of Five. I think it's a must read and in some ways wish it had been released before or as a companion to the first Legacies book. Will a reader understand what's going on if they don't read Secret Histories? Yes. I just don't think the reading experience will be as full or as complete.

The Number Four story is easy to follow, enjoyable to read and has enough of a story to keep your interest. Many of the books of recient are to complex and often very verbose. I find books that are extra thick in detail description of the backgroung and scene details just slow the story and take away from the characters and present events.This book contains 3 short stories to bring additional context to the "I AM NUMBER FOUR" story. Each story is good on its own, but becomes even better when added to the story line of the primary I Am Four books.

Corners and edges wear super quickly, haven’t even read book yet and it has wear from bookshelf and being moved around. But can’t wait to read!

I got hooked after reading I am Number Four and read the other books from the main story line. I was never sure what benefits could come from reading the short side stories. For my shock they throw a great deal of insight into the characters! You get to experience why some characters are how they, you get to appreciate why some things happen and mostly you get a deeper insight into the Lorien//Mogodorian world and battles!! Terrific book!!

these books are not particularly well written, and the story idea is a little bit derivative, but, for some reason, i really enjoy reading them, although i've been busy and haven't had time lately. i have to catch up on several volumes, one of these days.the characters do the stupidest things sometimes. makes the plotting a little contrived. but, again, i enjoy them. possibly because it's a nice, mindless break.

I love these books! These complementary ones are great also!

"The Secret Histories" along with the other 'Lost Files" such as "Rebel Allies" and "Return to Paradise" are surprising addictive to read. I have read reviews from other readers who have also stumbled upon these books totally by chance and have had to reluctantly admit that these books are 'sublime page turners'. Although the teen element can set the teeth a bit the story glides along, tantalisingly drawing you in and inevitably leaves you wanting more each time. I found the 'outer fringes' of these Lost Files stories equally as enjoyable and well written. Examples of this are the story of the second ship from Lorien, their passengers and how they lead into the main characters of the saga along with the re-educational life changing journey of Adamus Sutekh and his interaction with Malcolm and Sam Goode. I love the clever interweaving of these characters into the scenarios of each of the Garde and their influences both in the early stages of the Garde exodus from Lorien and the subsequent coming together of the young adults as powerful warriors in their successful efforts to wreak havoc onto the Mogadorian enclaves buried deep in the higher eschelons of power and authority on Earth. I truly cannot wait to read "The Fate of Ten"! All of these books have only left me wanting more yet bizarrely I do not want to come to the end of the final episode too soon!

Hi, this is one of many short stories publications set in between the main novels written by Pittacus Lore. Well-written, taught plotting and often brings out of the shadows some of the supporting characters that appear in the main novels that otherwise would not have a chance to shine. A very worthwhile purchase!

An excellent read and totally complements the other 'number' books for the background on main characters. Such an absorbing read I find I cannot stop reading it until the last page is turned but this leaves me wondering about the next stage of the unfolding saga. Wonderfully written and totally readable.

I read and enjoyed the book and was eager for the movie, but found it did not do justice to the book at all. I have gone on to read further books on the serie and to be honest do not care if more movies are made or not, but definitely am awaiting eagerly for the next book to be published.

Seriously, I can't even put them down. I love all the characters (some more than others of course) and each novel in the series just gets better as they go along.These novellas are no different and give a great insight in to some of the goings on of various things.