Waiting on Wednesday

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly post hosted by Breaking the Spine, and it spotlights upcoming books that we as readers are anxiously awaiting...

The Rise of Nine by Pittacus Lore
Lorien Legacies Trilogy, Book 3
Genre:  YA Science Fiction
Pittacus Lore's website
Expected publication date:  August 21, 2012
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Description (taken from Pittacus Lore's website):

Until the day I met John Smith, Number Four, I’d been on the run alone, hiding and fighting to stay alive.

Together, we are much more powerful. But it could only last so long before we had to separate to find the others. . . .

I went to Spain to find Seven, and I found even more, including a tenth member of the Garde who escaped from Lorien alive. Ella is younger than the rest of us, but just as brave. Now we’re looking for the others—including John.

But so are they.

They caught Number One in Malaysia. Number Two in England. And Number Three in Kenya. They caught me in New York—but I escaped. I am Number Six. They want to finish what they started.

But they’ll have to fight us first.

I must admit that while creating this post, I still have yet to read The Power of Six, but I'm hoping to have read it by the time that this post is published.  I absolutely enjoyed the move: I am Number Four, and my husband decided to pick up the book.  He wasn't too impressed with it and told me not to expect much.  Good news was I actually enjoyed the book immensely.  This is one of those series that my husband has read first, and I've slowly had to catch up to...