As in the Monstrumologist series, the question of what it means to be human is at the forefront in the words of cartoonist Walt Kelly, 'We have met the enemy and he is us.' It's a book that targets a broad commercial audience, and Yancey's aim is every bit as good as Cassie's. Yancey is more interested in examining how these world-shaking revelations affect characters who barely recognize what their lives have become. The story's biggest twists aren't really surprises the hints are there for readers to see. Meanwhile, 17-year-old 'Zombie,' an unwitting military recruit, is facing a crisis of conscience.

A rare survivor of the invasion, 16-year-old Cassie, armed with an M16 rifle and her younger brother's teddy bear, is trying to reunite with her brother and escape the 'Silencer' (assassin) trying to kill her. To stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes, until she meets Evan. Who have scattered Earths last survivors. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. And the author gives us a major dose of girl. Now, its the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. Rick Yancey sticks the (alien) landing in the action-packed finale to his The 5th Wave invasion saga. The author fully embraces the genre, while resisting its more sensational tendencies (rest assured, though, there are firefights and explosions aplenty). After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one. Yancey makes a dramatic 180 from the intellectual horror of his Monstrumologist books to open a gripping SF trilogy about an Earth decimated by an alien invasion. should do for aliens what Twilight did for vampires.'. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough.'-Justin Cronin, The New York Times Book Review Book 3 of The 5th Wave Series Author Rick Yancey: Genre Science Fiction, Fantasy Release Date Series The 5th Wave Series Pages 352 Publisher G.P. But Cassie must choose: between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassie's only hope for rescuing her brother-or even saving herself.

To stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes, until she meets Evan Walker. Who have scattered Earth's last survivors. Now, it's the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive.

The Passage meets Ender's Game in an epic new series from award-winning author Rick Yancey.Īfter the 1st wave, only darkness remains. 'Remarkable, not-to-be-missed-under-any-circumstances.'- Entertainment Weekly (Grade A)

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