It seems like a perfect opportunity: A big fighter equipped with experimental cloaking technology has crashed into a grocery store, and the Animorphs know that if they can get TV news crews to capture the alien vessel on camera, the Yeerks will be exposed. The Animorphs steal the ship and are on their way to Washington DC when the unthinkable happens: Visser Three show up in his mighty Blade ship, and is taking aim. When the Animorphs fire at the same time as Visser Three their Dracon beams connect and a phenomenon known as Sario Rip occurs, sending the Animorphs and Visser Three crash-landing into a deadly jungle, several hours back in the past. Now it's race against time to recreate the Sario Rip.