The 5th Wave

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The Passage meets Ender's Game in the first book in an epic series by award-winning author Rick Yancey.

"Remarkable, not-to-be-missed-under-any-circumstances."—Entertainment Weekly

"A modern sci-fi masterpiece . . ."—USAToday.com

After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky 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.

"Wildly entertaining . . . I couldn't turn the pages fast enough."—Justin Cronin, The New York Times Book Review

A New York Times bestseller • A USA Today bestseller • Winner of the 2014 Red House Children's Book Award • 2014 Children’s Choice Book Awards Finalist for Teen Book of the Year • A YALSA 2014 Best Fiction for Young Adults • A YALSA 2014 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers • A Booklist 2014 Best Fiction for Young Adults • A VOYA 2013 Perfect Ten

Books in the series:
The 5th Wave (The First Book of The 5th Wave)
The Infinite Sea (The Second Book of The 5th Wave)
The Last Star (The Third Book of the The 5th Wave)

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"Remrkble, not-to-be-missed-under-ny-circumstnces."—Entertinment Weekly

“It hs the drk, swoopy drenline of The Hunger Gmes, but the elegic tone of The Rod. Who cres wht shelf you find it on? Just red it.”—EW.com

“Mkes for n exhilrting reding experience.”—Tor.com

“Wildly entertining.... I couldn’t turn the pges fst enough.”—Justin Cronin, The New York Times Book Review

" modern sci-fi msterpiece... should do for liens wht Twilight did for vmpires."—USTody.com

"Step side, Ktniss."—The Clevelnd Plin Deler

"ction-pcked intrigue."—MTV.com

"Gripping!"—Publishers Weekly, strred review

"Nothing short of mzing!"—Kirkus Reviews, strred review

"Yncey's hertfelt, violent, prnoid epic, filled with big heroics nd bigger surprises, is prt Wr of the Worlds, prt Strship Troopers, prt Invsion of the Body Sntchers, nd prt The Stnd . . . sure thing for reviewers nd reders like."—Booklist strred review*

"This is DMN nd WOW territory.  Quite simply, one of the best books I've red in yers."
—Meliss Mrr, New York Times bestselling uthor

"Brethtkingly fst-pced nd originl, The 5th Wve is reding tsunmi tht grbs hold nd won't let go.  postpoclyptic lien invsion story with smrt, vulnerble heroine."—Meliss De L Cruz, New York Times bestselling uthor of the Blue Bloods series

" fntstic red. The 5th Wve is n electrifying pge-turner."—Kthy Reichs, New York Times bestselling uthor

"Prepre to set everything else side when you lunch into this one. The brek-neck pce nd high stkes will drw you in, but it's the chrcters who will keep you turning pges. It's been long time since I've red story this compelling."—Cind Willims Chim, New York Times bestselling uthor

Rick Yancey is the author of the New York Times bestseller The 5th Wave, The Infinite Sea, several adult novels, and the memoir Confessions of a Tax Collector. His first young-adult novel, The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp, was a finalist for the Carnegie Medal. In 2010, his novel, The Monstrumologist, received a Michael L. Printz Honor, and the sequel, The Curse of the Wendigo, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. When he isn't writing or thinking about writing or traveling the country talking about writing, Rick is hanging out with his family.

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