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The Last Star

The Final Book of The 5th Wave

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The Last Star

Written by: Rick Yancey
Narrated by: Phoebe Strole, Ben Yannette
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The highly-anticipated finale to the New York Times bestselling 5th Wave series.

The enemy is Other. The enemy is us. They’re down here, they’re up there, they’re nowhere. They want the Earth, they want us to have it. They came to wipe us out, they came to save us.

But beneath these riddles lies one truth: Cassie has been betrayed. So has Ringer. Zombie. Nugget. And all 7.5 billion people who used to live on our planet. Betrayed first by the Others, and now by ourselves.

In these last days, Earth’s remaining survivors will need to decide what’s more important: saving themselves . . . or saving what makes us human.

Praise for The 5th Wave
Now a major motion picture starring Chloë Grace Moretz

"Remarkable, not-to-be-missed-under-any-circumstances."—Entertainment Weekly

"A modern sci-fi masterpiece . . ."—USAToday.com

"Wildly entertaining . . . I couldn't turn the pages fast enough."—Justin Cronin, The New York Times Book Review

Books in the series:
The 5th Wave (The First Book of The 5th Wave)
The Infinite Sea (The Second Book of The 5th Wave)
The Last Star (The Third Book of the The 5th Wave) Action & Adventure Dystopian Fantasy Fiction Literature & Fiction Science Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Survival Heartfelt

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What the critics say

Praise for The Last Star

★ "Yancey’s prose remains achingly precise, and this grows heavier, tighter, and more impossible to put down as the clock runs out…”—Booklist, starred review

“A haunting, unforgettable finale.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Yancey doesn’t hit the breaks for one moment. It’s a satisfying end to an impressive trilogy, true to the characters and the world Yancey created.”—Entertainment Weekly

“Yancey has capped off his riveting series with a perfect ending.”—TeenReads.com

"Rick Yancey sticks the (alien) landing in the action-packed finale to his The 5th Wave invasion saga . . . . And the author gives us a major dose of girl power as well, in this fantastic series’ thought-provoking and satisfying conclusion.”—USA Today

Praise for The 5th Wave
An Amazon Best Book of the Year
A New York Times bestseller
A USA Today bestseller

“Just read it.”—Entertainment Weekly

“A modern sci-fi masterpiece.”—USA Today

“Wildly entertaining . . . I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough.”—Justin Cronin,The New York Times Book Review

“Nothing short of amazing.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“Gripping!”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Everyone I trust is telling me to read this book.”—The Atlantic Wire
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This series was great. I really enjoyed this final book, wrapped everything up. I think if a book can make you smile, cry, tense up or relax it's a good one!

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Great final book

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I don’t know what is worse, imagining this story is possible or knowing a human mind imagined it.

It is a well written story, the kind that kept me up nights reading. I’m exhausted now four days and nights of twists and turns. Four days & nights believing in a world. Fascinated. Heartbroken that a human mind could conceive of the cruelties; of the knowledge that, in many ways, this was a story filled with a human history of cruelties of human against human. Not a book to read while Putin attacks the Ukraine. Another beginning of another war where mindgames and murder play out.

It was worth every moment, every gasp and tear, laugh and curse word. Like the book written by another author, “The Road” and seeing a world that is possible. Too possible. Hope and resignation about how easily humans can be brainwashed by propaganda and fear. How easily we can learn to hate and fear “the others”.

It is a fantastic story, creative and beautiful , ugly and heartbreaking, but filled with hope. Hope dashed,unraveled and then rewoven.

Addictive and terrifying read

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perfect ending to the series would read it over and over again. so emotionally enlightening

perfect

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It wasn't great, but it was a decent conclusion to a story that needed one. The first 1/3 is a ramble of slightly enjoying chatter.

A conclusion

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