“And if humanity is the last war, then I am the battlefield.”
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<p>A New York Times Bestseller<br> An Amazon Best Book of the Year<br> A USA Today Bestseller<br> Winner of the 2014 Red House Childrens Book Award<br> 2014 Children's Choice Book Awards Finalist for Teen Book of the Year<br> A YALSA 2014 Best Fiction for Young Adults<br> A YALSA 2014 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers<br> A Booklist 2014 Best Fiction for Young Adults<br> A VOYA 2013 Perfect Ten<br> Now a major film by Sony Pictures<br> The 5th Wave (Book 1)</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Now, its 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 Earths last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes, until she meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassies 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.</p> <br> <br>
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Richard Yancey
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“And if humanity is the last war, then I am the battlefield.”
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“But if I'm it, the last of my kind, the last page of human history, like hell I'm going to let the story end this way. I may be the last one, but I am the one still standing. I am the one tu...”
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“I may be the last one, but I am the one still standing. I am the one turning to face the faceless hunter in the woods on an abandoned highway. I am the one not running, not staying, but faci...”
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“We'd stared into the face of Death, and Death blinked first. You'd think that would make us feel brave and invincible. It didn't.”
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“We’re here, and then we’re gone, and it’s not about the time we’re here, but what we do with the time.”
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