I just wanted to announce that I finished the "Hork-Bajir Chronicles" and feel a sense of accomplishment. I loved the book up until the end before the epilogue; it was a bitter-sweet one that wasn't happy. But it's my second favorite after "The Andalite Chronicles". I loved how it had no human characters in it — well, except Tobias, but he's a nothlit — in a traditional sense. I even experienced excitement of knowing how Esplin 2466 felt throughout his rise from sub-visser to Visser and learning how to control a host-body.
One of the most poignant scenes for me was when Esplin looked down at the Yeerk pool he was born and raised in and how limited it felt once he knew the reality behind it. It's similar to Plato's allegory of the cave. How, once it was understood, was not the universe, but just a fraction of it. Dak Hamee has the same epiphany when he realized that the flowers in Mother Sky were not flowers but stars and that there are planets as well. Overall, it was a really good book.
