Unlike other YA properties adapted for screen, The 5th Wave hits theaters before the conclusion of the series is released. The book is narrated through four characters’ alternating perspectives – that of Cassie, Zombie, Silencer, and Nugget. The first wave resulted in Earth losing power the second caused a giant earthquake the third unleashed deadly disease and the fourth, in the aliens taking over the bodies of humans. Yancey’s novel, which has 1.4 million copies in print, takes place on present-day Earth, in the aftermath of strategic waves of attacks by an alien species looking to wipe out human beings and conquer the planet. The movie, from Columbia Pictures, stars Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, and Liev Schreiber, and is directed by J. The 5th Wave (Putnam, 2013), the first in Rick Yancey’s YA science fiction trilogy (followed by The Infinite Sea in 2014), arrives in theaters on January 15. On the immediate horizon is one that has many of the ingredients that made The Hunger Games a success: a dystopian setting, a high-stakes race for survival, and a strong-willed heroine thrust into a life she never would have chosen. "It doesn't just move the story forward, but even opens up new possibilities in the previous book." -Geekdad.With the Hunger Games franchise singing its swan song, industry eyes are looking to what might become the next big YA page-to-screen property. "It doesn't just move the story forward, but even opens up new possibilities in the previous book." "A roller-coaster ride of a sequel."-Kirkus Reviews Yancey's prose remains unimpeachable-every paragraph is laden with setting, theme, and emotion."-Booklist, starred review
*"This gut-wrenching sequel to The 5th Wave careens on a violent course of nonstop action."-Publishers Weekly, starred review "An epic sci-fi novel with all the romance, action, and suspense you could ever want." "Impressively improves on the excellent beginning of the trilogy."-USA Today "Heart-pounding pacing, lyrical prose and mind-bending twists. As the 5th Wave rolls across the landscape, Cassie, Ben, and Ringer are forced to confront the Others' ultimate goal: the extermination of the human race.Ĭassie and her friends haven't seen the depths to which the Others will sink, nor have the Others seen the heights to which humanity will rise, in the ultimate battle between life and death, hope and despair, love and hate.
Now Cassie Sullivan finds herself in a new world, a world in which the fundamental trust that binds us together is gone. Surviving the first four waves was nearly impossible. How do you rid the Earth of seven billion humans? Rid the humans of their humanity. The riveting follow-up to the New York Times bestselling The 5th Wave, hailed by Justin Cronin as "wildly entertaining."
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