![]() In twelve weeks, the humans lucky enough to survive waves 1 and 2 meet bloody, painful deaths. With the 3rd Wave, the remaining four billion humans on the planet are battered by the Red Death – an avian-carried superflu, with a 97% mortality rate. Good-bye, California, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, British Columbia. Using a powerful tactical strike, the Others create a massive earthquake and tidal wave that literally wipes out every person living within 60 miles of an ocean coast.īye-bye, New York. In the 2nd wave, three billion people are killed in a single day. Sometimes in my tent, late at night, I think I can hear the stars scraping against the sky. And just ten days after the Arrival, the 1st wave strikes – a concentrated global EMP, destroying all electronics in a single fell swoop, and killing half a million people. ![]() Just a few months earlier, the Arrival of the Others was a global sensation, inciting political mayhem, hope and fear. Camped out in a solitary stretch of the woods, it has been weeks since Cassie has seen another person – for all she knows, Cassie may just be the sole remaining human survivor of a swift, brutal mass extermination. Seventeen-year old Cassie (for Cassiopeia, not Cassandra or Cassidy) is all alone in the world. Sometimes I think I might be the last human on Earth. When the glowing reviews started to roll in, I was even more excited for the book – to put it plainly, The 5th Wave was one of my most highly anticipated books of 2013. Yancey would be taking on the apocalypse, alien invasion style, I was ecstatic. The Monstrumologist books are among my very favorites in current YA SFF, so when I learned the illustrious Mr. Why did I read this book: It’s no secret that I am a huge fan of Rick Yancey‘s. How did I get this book: ARC from the Publisher Stand alone or series: Book 1 in a planned series 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. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. 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. should do for aliens what Twilight did for vampires."-USAToday.Genre: Horror, Science Fiction, Young Adult I couldn't turn the pages fast enough."-Justin Cronin, The New York Times Book Review Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassie's only hope for rescuing her brother-or even saving herself. 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. 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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