


“Yancey doesn’t hit the breaks for one moment, and the action is intense, but the language always stays lyrical and lovely. “A haunting, unforgettable finale.”-Kirkus Reviews “Yancey’s prose remains achingly precise, and this grows heavier, tighter, and more impossible to put down as the clock runs out…this blistering finale proves the truth of the first two volumes: it was never about the aliens.”-Booklist, starred review In these last days, Earth’s remaining survivors will need to decide what’s more important: saving themselves . . . Betrayed first by the Others, and now by ourselves. And all 7.5 billion people who used to live on our planet. They came to wipe us out, they came to save us.īut beneath these riddles lies one truth: Cassie has been betrayed. They want the Earth, they want us to have it. They’re down here, they’re up there, they’re nowhere. The 5th Wave is an electrifying page-turner.The highly-anticipated finale to the New York Times bestselling 5th Wave series. A postapocalyptic alien invasion story with a smart, vulnerable heroine." - Melissa De La Cruz, New York Times bestselling author of the Blue Bloods series "Breathtakingly fast-paced and original, The 5th Wave is a reading tsunami that grabs hold and won't let go. Quite simply, one of the best books I've read in years." - Melissa Marr, New York Times bestselling author Best of all, everything feels totally real, and that makes it all the more riveting. The plot flips back and forth with so much action and so many expert twists that readers will constantly question whom they can trust and whom they can't. a sure thing for reviewers and readers alike." - Booklist 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. It's a book that targets a broad commercial audience, and Yancey's aim is every bit as good as Cassie's.
