Chapter 1 of The Alien, part 8 of Animorphs Aloud, a fan-produced read-aloud version of the _Animorphs series.

Summary: It's not easy being the only Andalite on an alien planet. Sure, Ax has the Animorphs, but they are only human, and he is bound by the laws of his culture not to become too attached. But when duty and friendship begin to collide, which side will he choose?

Notes: Book 8! The first Ax book! Now, I will give a caveat on this one: it was recorded while I was traveling on the road, and I'm afraid the quality is not as good as previous books. The casual listener probably won't even be able to tell for the most part, but there are a couple of chapters where know I wasn't able to act as well as I would have liked. But I hope you enjoy anyway! And don't forget to support the official Animorph audiobooks! (I LOVE the way the official narrator voices Ax, so I definitely recommend checking him out!)

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Chapter 1 of The Alien, part 8 of Animorphs Aloud, a fan-produced read-aloud version of the Animorphs series.

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Chapter 2 of The Alien, part 8 of Animorphs Aloud, a fan-produced read-aloud version of the Animorphs series.

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Chapter 3 of The Alien, part 8 of Animorphs Aloud, a fan-produced read-aloud version of the Animorphs series.

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Chapter 4 of The Alien, part 8 of Animorphs Aloud, a fan-produced read-aloud version of the Animorphs series.

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Chapter 5 of The Alien, part 8 of Animorphs Aloud, a fan-produced read-aloud version of the Animorphs series.

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Chapter 6 of The Alien, part 8 of Animorphs Aloud, a fan-produced read-aloud version of the Animorphs series.

School bell effect from here: school bell https://freesound.org/people/deleted_user_7020630/sounds/378394/

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Chapter 7 of The Alien, part 8 of Animorphs Aloud, a fan-produced read-aloud version of the Animorphs series.

Unfortunately, this is one of the chapters that suffered the most when it came to recording on the go - narrating at a higher volume is hard enough when in a hotel, but having a character desperately shouting "Help!" at that high volume seems like a great way to cause a lot of undue alarm in the real world, soooo my acting for that particular moment is probably my least convincing EVER. But I hope I made up for it with Jake and Ax's scene later in the chapter? (which I think went pretty well)

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Chapter 8 of The Alien, part 8 of Animorphs Aloud, a fan-produced read-aloud version of the Animorphs series.

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Chapter 9 of The Alien, part 8 of Animorphs Aloud, a fan-produced read-aloud version of the Animorphs series.

So for those who have read the Animorphs reprints (of which book 8 was the last before it was discontinued), you would have noticed in this chapter that the information Ax gives about the Hork-Bajir having a war cycle every 62 years was removed, as later books (particularly the Hork-Bajir chronicles) revealed this to be inaccurate. However, while I have fixed minor KASUs in other books (and this one too, in the chapter where it used to be stated that Ax couldn't thoughtspeak in human morph), I decided to leave this one in because I liked the idea that perhaps this was an example of either Andalite propoganda or misinformation, and thus not a true KASU. Ax believes it because that is what he has been taught.

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Chapter 10 of The Alien, part 8 of Animorphs Aloud, a fan-produced read-aloud version of the Animorphs series.

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Chapter 11 of The Alien, part 8 of Animorphs Aloud, a fan-produced read-aloud version of the Animorphs series.

I really loved balancing the cadence of Ax with the voice of Jake for this chapter. Hope it comes through well!

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Chapter 12 of The Alien, part 8 of Animorphs Aloud, a fan-produced read-aloud version of the Animorphs series.

Short one today, sorry! But I'm pretty sure it'll be the last short one in the book, yay!

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Chapter 13 of The Alien, part 8 of Animorphs Aloud, a fan-produced read-aloud version of the Animorphs series.

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Chapter 14 of The Alien, part 8 of Animorphs Aloud, a fan-produced read-aloud version of the Animorphs series.

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Chapter 15 of The Alien, part 8 of Animorphs Aloud, a fan-produced read-aloud version of the Animorphs series.

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Chapter 16 of The Alien, part 8 of Animorphs Aloud, a fan-produced read-aloud version of the Animorphs series.

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Chapter 17 of The Alien, part 8 of Animorphs Aloud, a fan-produced read-aloud version of the Animorphs series.

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Chapter 18 of The Alien, part 8 of Animorphs Aloud, a fan-produced read-aloud version of the Animorphs series.

Wow, Ax sure does get all the nice long chapters, doesn't he? This is the fifth chapter that's over the ten-minute mark!

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Chapter 19 of The Alien, part 8 of Animorphs Aloud, a fan-produced read-aloud version of the Animorphs series.

Seriously, Ax has gotten so many long chapters! This is the longest chapter of all the books so far.

Rattlesnake rattle from https://freesound.org/people/brunoboselli/sounds/249706/

Grizzly sound from Videvo

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Chapter 20 of The Alien, part 8 of Animorphs Aloud, a fan-produced read-aloud version of the Animorphs series.

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Chapter 21, the final chapter of The Alien, part 8 of Animorphs Aloud, a fan-produced read-aloud version of the Animorphs series.

The last chapter of Ax's first book! Thanks, you guys, for sticking with me despite the quality issues!

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The entirety of Book 8, The Alien (Prologue - Ch.21), for Animorphs Aloud. Thanks for listening!

Summary: Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill is the only Andalite within light-years of Earth. Yes, the humans who call themselves Animorphs have accepted him and taken him in, but Aximili will never truly be one of them. His duty must lie with his people, the Andalites, and the humans can never be true friends. Can they?

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