Animorphs yeerk. Well ain’t this fun. As the Animorphs, they balance their secret war with the pressures of high school, all while being hunted by the Yeerk leader Visser Three, who possesses his own deadly array of alien morphs. Applegate are back! The Animorphs return in this update of the classic series. Lives in a cabin in the woods with his dr… Oatmeal. , The Yeerks have abandoned all secrecy. [4] It is told in first person, with all six main characters taking turns narrating the books through their own perspectives. Wishing to conquer all sentient races in all galaxies, the Empire was officially established in 1968 after Akdor arrived on Sector 5, RG-21578-4 and learned they could use the Hork-Bajir as shock troops. Their mission is complicated by personal stakes and the grim reality that every battle risks trapping them forever in an animal's body. Earth was the key to the entire war effort and the future of the Yeerk empire. Applegate and published by Scholastic in May 1998.