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Praise for this thrilling series is abundant, with critics hailing it as a modern sci-fi masterpiece. The first installment captivates with its remarkable storytelling, leading to a sequel that impressively builds on its predecessor. Readers find the pacing heart-pounding, the prose lyrical, and the twists mind-bending, creating an epic tale filled with romance, action, and suspense. The finale delivers an unforgettable and haunting conclusion, showcasing achingly precise prose that intensifies as the story unfolds. The narrative remains relentless, with action that grips the reader while maintaining beautiful language. Critics note that the ending is both satisfying and heartbreaking, true to the characters and the world crafted throughout the series. Yancey’s writing remains solid and descriptive, effectively revealing the complexities of the human condition. The series culminates in a powerful finale that emphasizes girl power, featuring an uneasy alliance between key characters that highlights the best moments of this thought-provoking conclusion. Overall, the series is celebrated for its engaging plot and emotional depth, making it a must-read for fans of the genre.

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.

Will Henry hat bereits viel erlebt und dem Tod mehrmals entronnen. Doch dieses Mal muss er allein in die gefährlichen Tiefen des Monstrumariums hinabsteigen, um sich einem furchtbaren Monster zu stellen, das schlimmer ist, als er es sich je hätte vorstellen können.

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.

Dr. Warthrop jagt ein legendäres Monster, den "Heiligen Gral" der Monstrumologie, und lässt Will Henry in New York zurück. Nach Monaten erhält Will die schreckliche Nachricht vom Tod des Doktors und misstraut dem neuen Assistenten. Er begibt sich auf die Suche nach seinem Lehrmeister und reist nach Socotra, der Insel des Blutes.

"Cassie Sullivan and her companions lived through the Others' four waves of destruction. Now, with the human race nearly exterminated and the 5th Wave rolling across the landscape, they face a choice: brace for winter and hope for Evan Walker's return, or set out in search of other survivors before the enemy closes in"--

*To TIE-IN with the MAJOR MOTION PICTURE from SONY PICTURES starring CHLOE GRACE MORETZ (If I Stay).* THE 1st WAVE; Took out half a million people. THE 2nd WAVE; Put that number to shame. THE 3rd WAVE; Lasted a little longer. Twelve weeks . . . Four billion dead. IN THE 4th WAVE, You can't trust that people are still people. AND THE 5th WAVE? No one knows. But it's coming. On a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs. Runs from the beings that only look human, who have scattered Earth's last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, until she meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan may be her only hope. Now Cassie must choose- between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death.

Flesh-eating danger abounds in the chilling sequel to The Monstrumologist that is “as fast-paced, elegant, and yes, gruesome as its predecessor” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). While Dr. Warthrop is attempting to disprove that Homo vampiris, the vampire, could exist, his former fiancée asks him to save her husband, who has been captured by a Wendigo—a creature that starves even as it gorges itself on human flesh. Although Dr. Warthrop considers the Wendigo to be fictitious, he relents and performs the rescue—but is he right to doubt the Wendigo’s existence? Can the doctor and Will Henry hunt down the ultimate predator, who, like the legendary vampire, is neither living nor dead, and whose hunger for human flesh is never satisfied? This second book in The Monstrumologist series explores the line between myth and reality, love and hate, genius and madness.

When Dr. Warthrop goes hunting for the "Holy Grail of Monstrumology" in 1888, twelve-year-old orphan Will Henry follows him to Socotra, plunging into depths of horror worse than anything he has experienced so far.