Goodbye, 50% of Earth’s human population. In the second wave, strategic detonations along coastal fault lines cause global tsunamis. As disabled planes fall from the sky and stalled vehicles crash violently on the highways, humans start waking up to the fact that their world isn’t really theirs any more. In the first wave, an electro-magnetic pulse takes out all technology - lights, cars, batteries, phones - in one fell swoop. This invasion is definitely managed hands-off, and it works. Forget alien fighter drones swooping screaming through our skies. In The 5th Wave, the end of life as we know it is pretty much a foregone conclusion once the mothership shows up. As the startling new young adult novel The 5th Wave makes clear, when the aliens do get here, humans won’t stand a chance. Don’t think that a scrappy band of humans will join together to defeat the invaders, with an inspirational soundtrack thumping in the background. Quick, what’s the first thing you think of when you think of alien invasions? E.T.? Independence Day? Close Encounters of the Third Kind? 16-year-old Cassie has news for you: When the aliens do arrive, don’t expect sweet and cuddly.
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