Cassie's detailed flashbacks explain the four waves of desolation that have nearly wiped out humanity: an electromagnetic pulse that disabled all electronics and thus all forms of communication massive tsunamis and earthquakes that completely wiped out the coasts an airborne plague transmitted by birds and, finally, the aforementioned Silencers, who are tasked by the Others to kill everyone they meet. It does this through dual sixteen-year-old protagonists: Cassie Sullivan and Ben 'Zombie' Parish.Ĭassie lives alone with her M16 and her younger brother's teddy bear, hiding from the Silencers, trusting no one - until she meets the gorgeous and mysterious Evan Walker, who she begins to fall for in spite of having doubts about his humanity.
The series follows humanity's last attempts to stop the invasion and reclaim some semblance of civilization. A small cadre of Others called Silencers have taken on human forms, tasked with picking off the rest of the human survivors. The books are:Ī group of mysterious aliens - referred to by humanity as The Others - have enacted four waves of terror that have eradicated the vast majority of the human race.
The 5th Wave is a young adult apocalyptic Science Fiction thriller trilogy by Rick Yancey, who has also written the Alfred Kropp series and the Monstrumologist series.
