"Daniel X"~ Chapters 4-8 Summary

Allison LeBel

"Daniel X"

James Paterson 

Pages read: from pg. 84 to pg. 157

    Daniel is taken to the bridge as the ship comes to Alpar Nok, another planet very similar to Earth; it is Daniel's home world, only it has been taken over by Seth and his henchmen, killing or impoverishing most of the inhabitants. Daniel escapes from a landing party and flees to under the wreckage, where the few survivors live. He meets his grandmother, Blaleen, who removes the bullet from his stomach and allows him to rest and heal at her house. After regaining his strength, Daniel goes after Seth again and creates a thousand summoned soldiers, but they eventually fight one-on-one. Daniel misquotes Homer's Iliad by comparing this fight to Hector and Achilles rather than Paris and Menelaus. During the fight, Daniel turns into a tick and enters Seth's head via his ear. He transforms into an elephant inside Seth's head, killing him instantly. Daniel leaves Alpar Nok and returns to Earth, as it is his duty to defend it.

    From the day that his parents were brutally murdered at the age of three, Daniel X has been forced to make his own way in a dark and unforgiving world with little knowledge about his family or where he came from, and faced with an uncertain future and a mission beyond anyone’s imagining. You see, Daniel’s mother and father were actually Alien Hunters, working their way through The List of Alien Outlaws hiding on Earth.
    Blessed with super abilities—like being able to manipulate objects and animals with his mind or to recreate himself in any shape he chooses—Daniel has taken up the mantle of his parents, and has dedicated his life to eradicating the Alien Outlaws. His ultimate aim is to exact revenge against the number one alien on The List—his parents’ murderer. But first he must target the others, each more sinister and gruesome than the last…