The Fifth Wave

The Passage meets Ender's Game in an epic new series from award-winning author Rick Yancey. After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the un lucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one. Now, it's the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered Earth's last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes, until she meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassie's only hope for rescuing her brother--or even saving herself. But Cassie must choose: between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death. To give up or to get up. Amazon.com Review An Amazon Best Teen Book of the Month, May 2013 Spotlight Pick : Forget your E.T. version of sweet, harmless aliens--in [...] The 5th Wave , Rick Yancey imagines a silent invasion that takes extraterrestrial intelligence to a whole new level. Alternating points of view peel back each new layer of the novel while death, separation, and love form a common bond between the characters, pushing them to survive in a terrifying new world. As a storyteller, Yancey is as cunning as his aliens weaving the characters lives together in unexpected ways and keeping the reader on edge wondering who they can trust and what chilling new twist is lurking around the corner. Book 2 cant get here fast enough --Seira Wilson Review Praise for The 5th Wave "This is DAMN and WOW territory. Quite simply, one of the best books I've read in years." --Melissa Marr, New York Times bestselling author "Breathtakingly fast-paced and original, The 5th Wave is a reading tsunami that grabs hold and won't let go. A postapocalyptic alien invasion story with a smart, vulnerable heroine." -- Melissa De La Cruz, New York Times bestselling author of the Blue Bloods series "A fantastic read. The 5th Wave is an electrifying page-turner." -- Kathy Reichs, New York Times bestselling author "Prepare to set everything else aside when you launch into this one. The break-neck pace and high stakes will draw you in, but it's the characters who will keep you turning pages. It's been a long time since I've read a story this compelling." -- Cinda Williams Chima, New York Times bestselling author "Yancey's heartfelt, violent, paranoid epic, filled with big heroics and bigger surprises, is part War of the Worlds , part Starship Troopers , part Invasion of the Body Snatchers , and part The Stand* . . . a sure thing for reviewers and readers alike." -- Booklist (starred review) The Monstrumologist Series: Printz Honor Book, Yalsa Readers Choice List Best Book for Young Adults, Kirkus Best Teen Books, Booklist Editors Choice for Youth, Los Angeles Times Book Award FinalistBest Young Adult Literature, Tayshas Reading List (Texas Library Association), NCTEs Walden Book Award Finalist, Garden State Teen Book Award Nominee, Teen Choice Book of the Year Nominee, Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Readers Choice Award Nominee The Alfred Kropp Series : A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year , A Book Sense Pick Best Books of the Year , A BookBrowse Recommendation , A Texas Lone Star Reading List Selection , A Sunshine State Readers List Selection , Featured Author/Book - Scholastic Book Fairs , Nominated for the Carnegie Medal (U.K.) , Nominee for the Grand Canyon Reader Award (Rights sold in: UK, Germany, France, Spain (Spanish), Spain (Catalan), Italy, Denmark, Netherlands, Brazil, Japan, Taiwan, Portugal, Russia, Korea, Poland, Greece) "This is DAMN and WOW territory. Quite simply, one of the best books I've read in years." Melissa Marr, New York Times bestselling author