Rick Yancey (www.rickyancey.com) is the author of the New York Times bestseller The 5th Wave, The Infinite Sea, several adult novels, and the memoir Confessions of a Tax Collector. His first young-adult novel, The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp, was a finalist for the Carnegie Medal. In 2010, his novel, The Monstrumologist, received a Michael L. Printz Honor, and the sequel, The Curse of the Wendigo, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. When he isn't writing or thinking about writing or traveling the country talking about writing, Rick is hanging out with his family. Follow him on Twitter @RickYancey.
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
Praise for The Infinite Sea
“Heart-pounding pacing, lyrical prose and mind-bending twists . .
.”—The New York Times Book Review
“Impressively improves on the excellent beginning of the
trilogy.”—USA Today
“An epic sci-fi novel with all the romance, action, and suspense
you could ever want.”—Seventeen.com
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…this
blistering finale proves the truth of the first two volumes: it was
never about the aliens.”—Booklist, starred review
“A haunting, unforgettable finale.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Yancey doesn’t hit the breaks for one moment, and the action is
intense, but the language always stays lyrical and lovely. 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
“[T]he ending provides both satisfaction and
heartbreak.”—Publishers Weekly
“Yancey's writing is just as solid and descriptive as in the first
two books….What Yancey does beautifully is reveal the human
condition.”—Examiner.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, pairing Cassie and Ringer for an uneasy alliance
that provides the best moments in this fantastic series’
thought-provoking and satisfying conclusion.”—USA Today
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)
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