The riveting follow-up to the New York Times bestselling THE 5TH WAVE, hailed by Justin Cronin as “wildly entertaining.” How do you rid the Earth of seven billion humans? Rid the humans of their humanity. Surviving the first four waves was nearly impossible. Now Cassie Sullivan finds herself in a new world, a world in which the fundamental trust that binds us together is gone. 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. Cassie 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.

It all began with that teacher strike. Which resulted in a stupid senior project. You know the cliché get-to-know-your-partner project that every senior student gets in books? I thought it was supposed to remain in those books. I never imagined that teachers would actually assign it! But my teachers did. With my brilliant luck, I got assigned to a partner whom I soon found myself trusting more and more. And I happened to have secrets that were better kept hidden.

Hi. I'm Bella. I'm 16 soon to be 17. I'm average height (5'5) I have eyes so brown, they're almost black. I have long brown hair. It's past my shoulders, to the middle of my back. I've been best friends with Justin forever, we were best friends in public school, and even dated a few times. I'm moving to Atlanta. Down the street from him. I haven't seen him in months. He's still dating Selena, but I still kinda like him...