The aliens have attacked earth. The destruction came in five waves. In the first three waves, 97% of earth's 4 billion people were killed. The first wave was a cataclysmic EMP which rendered all machines useless. The second was destructive tsunamis which wiped out coastal cities, forcing remaining citizens to the interior. The third wave was a virus called the Red Death or Red Tsunami. Things moved to a more personal level with succeeding waves. The fourth wave mandated a collection of earth's children and eradication of adults. Silencers, humans attacked from the insides by embryonic aliens, have been dispatched to seek out and eliminate stray humans. Cassie Sullivan lost her mother to the plague, witnessed her father gunned down and watched her little brother, Sammy, bussed to a survivor's camp on an U.S. air force base. She is on the run and vows to find Sammy and return bear. Cassie is aided/impeded in her quest by Evan, who holds several seemingly deal-breaking secrets. (He's one of the Silencers.) As luck would have it, seventeen year old ex-sports-star, Zombie, is also trying to save Sam (Nugget), a new recruit in a brutal boot camp that represents the fifth wave - humanity's eradication by fellow human beings. This first in a series is "a post-apocalyptic adventure story that mixes high-energy action with sharp psychological tension." "The format of the narrative mimics the escalating tension of the characters as they are forced to make increasingly rapid choices as they navigate between individuality and conformity and between loyalty and paranoia." (Book Page Reviews, 2012)
Gateway Award Preliminary Nominee 2015-16
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