The 5th Wave (series)
Young adult book trilogy by Rick Yancey
The 5th Wave is a trilogy of young adult post-apocalyptic sci-fi novels written by American author Rick Yancey. The series started in May 2013 with the first book, "The 5th Wave". A sequel titled "The Infinite Sea" was published in 2014. The trilogy concluded in 2016 with the final book, "The Last Star". In 2018, "The 5th Wave: 5th Year Anniversary" was published with additional chapters.
"The 5th Wave" trilogy centers around four main characters: Cassie, Ben (nicknamed Zombie), Evan, and Cassie's brother Sammy (nicknamed Nugget). Themes such as betrayal, love, and hope persist throughout the trilogy. Through an intriguing expedition to find her brother during an alien invasion, Cassie is met with callous decisions to maintain survival. Leading to murder, mayhem, and chaos, Cassie is required to fight the army that resides in Camp Haven. The books are remembered for their eerie appeal.
Premise.
In the year 2013, the earth is systematically attacked by a group of aliens known as "the Others". They exist in an unknown form and attack through a series of "waves" as their mothership orbits the planet:
The First Wave: "Lights Out".
A powerful electromagnetic pulse is emitted by the Others, causing the immediate failure of all technology. Planes crash, cellphones go out, and automobiles cease function. The estimated death toll is about 500,000.
The Second Wave: "Surf's Up".
Due to the large concentration of the human population within close proximity to coastlines, the Others drop large metal rods "twice as tall as the Empire State Building and three times as heavy" onto the earth's major fault lines. The resulting tsunamis obliterate every ocean front and raise sea levels dramatically. The estimated death toll is roughly 40% of the surviving population.
The Third Wave: "Pestilence".
Using the earth's birds as carriers, the Others spread a deadly virus thought to be a modified strain of Ebola. As the virus progresses, symptoms slowly deteriorate from a fever and cough to profuse bleeding from every orifice. The Pestilence claims an estimated 97% of the remaining survivors.
The Fourth Wave: "Silencers".
After being "implanted" by the Others prior to the Arrival, people infested with alien consciousnesses are tasked with killing the remaining humans.
After the first four waves decimate the human population, those who remain are terrified and desperately clinging to hope. As humanity awaits the arrival of a new Fifth Wave, one that will supposedly wipe the human race off the planet, distrust is shown as people realize the existence of fifth column imposters in their midst, imposters intent on thwarting any possible plan for human retaliation.
Origins.
Yancey stated in an interview with "Lightspeed Magazine" that the basis for "The 5th Wave" came from a question he asked his wife about her worst fears. "It was one of those three a.m. conversations where your mind starts going, and I asked her, on the spur of the moment, 'What is your greatest fear?' She said, without hesitation, 'Alien abduction.'" Yancey continued on, telling how he developed the plot for the series. "It was basically trying to think like an alien, and considering the fact that if they are out there, they probably wouldn’t attack without getting to know us very, very well. They would learn how we think, they would learn about what do humans do in times of crisis, and they would turn that to their own advantage. So, when I was working through how the attacks might work, I realized first that it couldn’t just be one attack—the world’s too big—you’d have to do it in stages, or waves." The first book was officially published on May 7, 2013.
Books.
"The 5th Wave".
"The 5th Wave" is the first book in the series and was released on May 7, 2013.
The book opens in the midst of the Fourth Wave and follows Cassie's quest to find her brother, Sammy, after he is taken by U.S. Army soldiers. Cassie is shot by an Other-affiliated sniper, a "Silencer", from the woods on her trek, and is later rescued by Evan Walker, who nurses her back to health and agrees to help her find her brother. Meanwhile, Sammy arrives at Wright-Patterson AFB, which is now a "training camp" called Camp Haven. It is revealed over the course of the story that the soldiers are recruiting (truly, abducting) children into an army, telling them they are the last hope for fighting back against the Others. Sammy is placed in Squad 53 and befriends squadmate Ben Parish, who is coincidentally Cassie's long-lost crush from high school. After the two set out, Cassie and Evan are attacked by a squad from Wright-Patterson, and, after seeing how easily Evan dispatches them, Cassie finds out that Evan was the Silencer who originally shot her. He then helped her because he had fallen in love and couldn't bring himself to kill her. The two, though uneasily, coordinate a plan to extract Sammy then begin executing it. While deployed, Ben and his squadmate Ringer start to piece together their true purposes and learn that Wright-Patterson is actually run by the Others. It is revealed that the Others are masquerading as a resistance force, abducting and training the children into a fighting force, which they will deploy as the Fifth Wave to end humanity. Ben and Ringer decide to bolt with the rest of Squad 53, but Ben insists on going back for Sammy, who was left on base due to his age.
Ben and Cassie both enter the base. They eventually run into each other and join each other. They find Sammy but are taunted and thwarted by the acting commander of the base, Colonel Alexander Vosch. Evan saves them and says his goodbyes to Cassie before he detonates bombs that level the base, though he is lost in the process. Cassie, Ben, and Sammy ride off with Squad 53 as Wright-Patterson is destroyed.
The book was adapted into a film by J Blakeson and Columbia Pictures, under the title "The 5th Wave" and was released on January 22, 2016. After box office performance was poorer than expected and heavy criticism as of January 11, 2022, there have been no further talks in making a sequel. However, Sony has not officially confirmed its cancellation of the movie series.
"The Infinite Sea".
"The Infinite Sea" is the second installment in the series, released on September 16, 2014.
The book becomes much more involved with the members of Squad 53 and the character Ringer. The group takes refuge in an old hotel near the ruins of Wright-Patterson, at Cassie's insistence that Evan is still alive. Ringer sets out to find an alternate route, though it goes awry when she mistakes Teacup, a small girl of the squad, for a Silencer, shoots her, and is taken by an approaching helicopter. Evan is revealed to have survived, having been rescued by another Silencer named Grace. Evan attempts to kill Grace after he finds out she is hunting Cassie, and though he fails, he manages to flee during an attack by hidden assailants. Evan finds the hotel Cassie is stationed at, though he is shot and knocked out in a misunderstanding with Squad 53. Cassie tends to him, while Ben angrily awaits his awakening. Later, a helicopter quickly flies over the hotel, and then a small girl, whom Sammy identifies as one Megan, appears. Evan wakes up and warns them that she is rigged with a bomb that explodes when it comes into contact with human breath. Evan and Cassie extract the bomb from Megan's throat. Grace appears and, after a violent confrontation, is killed when Private Poundcake detonates the bomb near her, also killing himself and destroying the hotel.
The second part of the story follows Private Ringer. She is taken to a base somewhere, similar to Wright-Patterson, and meets the alive-and-well Colonel Vosch. Vosch constantly thwarts her with mind games and preaches to her a philosophy that "rage is not the answer". She semi-befriends a recruit called Razor, who is aware that Vosch and the staff of the base are indeed the Others. Vosch installs Ringer with a piece of technology, the "twelfth system", that enhances her strength. He also reveals to Ringer that Silencers were never actually Others, just humans planted with fake memories and enhanced by the twelfth system with a link to the alien Mothership. It is concluded that there are only dozens of true Others in the world, and that the Mothership is the last remnant of their society programmed with the goal of eradicating humans. Ringer and Razor attempt to escape, though Razor secretly conspired with Vosch, and they were being monitored the entire time. Ringer learns, neutralizes Razor, and runs off, but not fast enough to evade Vosch, who incapacitates her. Razor is ordered to rejuvenate Ringer, though he does more and the two sleep together in a rough, hazy love. When they arrive back on base, Razor kills Teacup, whom Vosch used as a bargaining chip, in order to set Ringer free. Razor is shot dead, and Ringer escapes the base.
As the novel closes, Cassie and Squad 53 recover from the bomb that destroyed the hotel, when Evan, weak and exhausted, emerges from the woods.
The book was noted for its dark appeal and was released to the same good reception as its predecessor.
"The Last Star".
"The Last Star", the third and final book in "The 5th Wave" series, was released on May 24, 2016.
The Fifth Wave is still commencing, or so the characters believe. Ringer and Evan know that once Vosch and the other few Others are withdrawn from the surface, the Mothership will drop massive bombs on the surface to obliterate any trace of humanity left on Earth. Cassie and Squad 53 settle in the dead Silencer Grace's former home. Ringer returns to Vosch knowing that he will kill Ben Parish and the rest of Squad 53 if she does not kill the persistently rebellious Evan Walker for him. She takes a helicopter to the town that the squad stationed themselves in and is attacked by a Silencer. She is met by Ben after the Silencer is killed, and the two head to the house. Ringer immediately attempts to kill Evan, but they are interrupted by an incoming helicopter. Evan realizes why Ringer intended to kill him and he submits and is taken.
The group devises a plan to not only save Evan but to end the Others permanently. Cassie and Ringer infiltrate the base via a hijacked helicopter. Ringer detonates several bombs to incite chaos on the base, and, after many complications, they reach the command center of the base. Ben, having stayed behind to protect Sam and Megan, is attacked by a patrol and the three are taken back to the base. Cassie and Ringer attempt to find Evan's data on the CPU to locate him, though they do not know how to sift through each cell individually, and so Cassie downloads the data of every logged person to her own head to find it. She learns everything there is to know about anything who was ever downloaded in the CPU, and she learns the codes and layout of the base. Evan arrives, now completely devoid of humanity at the hands of the twelfth system. He fights Ringer and disables her easily. However, he walks into a trap when Cassie drops a live electric cable on the wet surface beneath him (as a result of the sprinkler system). Ringer wakes up to see Vosch, who has become attached to her and wishes to bring her with him in his extraction pod. The conversation is only a decoy from Ringer, allowing Cassie to shoot and kill him from behind. Cassie then uses the knowledge she gained to open Vosch's escape pod and she ascends into the sky. Ringer gets ahold of a device from Vosch that will electrocute any soldier with a tracking implant in them. Without much else of a choice, she activates it. Ben, Sam, and Megan dive out of their helicopter as the soldiers and pilot die, and they realize Cassie and Ringer must still be alive.
Cassie, now ascending to the Mothership, has a chance to glimpse the memories that she now has from tens of thousands of people. She begins to truly think about what humanity is worth, when the pod nears the Mothership. She takes out an explosive pill from her pocket that Vosch originally gave to Ringer so she could kill herself rather than be destroyed in the bombs of the Fifth Wave. She bites down on the pill, and the Mothership explodes. Ben and the kids witness this to their sorrow and delight. They enter the base and find Ringer paralyzed on the floor.
Sometime later, the group has settled down in a house in Marble Falls, with Ben and Ringer raising Sam and Megan like their own children, and Evan (the twelfth system having kept him alive, and the group having restored his memories and humanity with the CPU) watches over them. Seeing no future for himself there, he sets off away from the four, on a mission to kill every single Silencer and Fifth Waver there is left in the world.
Characters.
Main characters.
Cassiopeia "Cassie" Marie Sullivan - the main protagonist of the series. Her namesake is the constellation Cassiopeia. Both of her parents died in the first four waves. Her younger brother Sammy is taken by The Others to a "training camp" called Camp Haven, formerly, Wright-Patterson AFB. She is seventeen years old and is described as a short, strawberry-blonde girl with average features.
Evan Walker - a farm boy from rural Ohio. All of his family and girlfriend were killed in the Third Wave by the Red Death. Earlier in his life at a carnival, he meets Grace, who is the only person he finds to be like him, an Other. He saves Cassie after she is shot by an Other sniper, the "Silencer". Cassie soon finds out that Evan is actually an Other and not truly human. He is described as being a tall boy, at least eighteen or nineteen years old, being very muscular with chocolate-brown hair. Cassie also notes his soft hands. He develops strong feelings for Cassie, and so does she. Though, these feelings are strained when Cassie learns that Evan is an Other. Evan is rescued by Grace, who tries to seduce him, but, after they are attacked and Grace is wounded, he makes his way to Cassie. Grace, however, follows him there. A confrontation ensues, after which Poundcake blows up the hotel after Evan was left behind in the hotel, and it is not clear if Evan survives. However, at the end of "The Infinite Sea", he emerges from the woods to find Cassie.
Benjamin "Ben" Thomas Parish or "Zombie" - the varsity quarterback of the football team at Cassie's school. Cassie secretly was in love with him. His family was killed during the first four waves by a group of psychotic looters. He is crushed by the fact that he ran while his baby sister was killed. He keeps a locket with a photo of her. He becomes a member of Camp Haven's makeshift army, not knowing that they are The Others (though he eventually finds out), taking the nickname "Zombie". After one of his squadmates goes crazy, or "Dorothy", Private Ringer replaces him. He obsesses with getting her to smile. Cassie describes him as overall gorgeous.
Marika "Ringer" - a member of Squad 53. Her father was an Atheist and a chess player. He taught her how to play. Marika's father was usually drunk. Her father is infected with the Red Death and dies of the disease. Marika wandered through the wilderness before forcefully being recruited into Camp Haven's army, where she took the nickname "Ringer". She is a replacement after Private Tank of Squad 53 went crazy, "Dorothy", and pulled a gun on his squad. Zombie is obsessed with getting Ringer to smile. On their first patrol, she and Zombie find that Camp Haven's officials are actually The Others. She is described as having glossy black hair and mild Asian features. In "The Infinite Sea", she grows closer to Private Teacup, and, after being captured, grows feelings for a recruit named Razor.
Sammy "Nugget" Sullivan - Cassie's five-year-old little brother. At his refugee camp, he boards a bus from Camp Haven and is recruited into its army, unaware of his father's death. He joins Squad 53 and friends Zombie deeply. Sammy is not allowed to go on his squad's patrol due to his age. (We later find out the purpose of kids his age at Camp Haven in "The Infinite Sea".) Zombie, Cassie, and Evan unite after Commander Vosch attempts to kill Sammy. Evan destroys the base, though it is not clear whether he survives or not, and Cassie, Sam and Ben escape.
Secondary characters.
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vosch - The main antagonist though the trilogy. He leads the 5th wave bases and Silencers stationed across the world. Throughout the books he is steadily sadistic and cruel. First introduced by killing Cassie's father and gathering her brother Sam into a yellow school bus under the guise of safe keeping. Followed by brainwashing Ben into submitting to a cruel military-style training at Camp Haven. He later destroys Camp Haven, and kills thousands of children in the process. Regularly the reader is reminded of Vosch's hatred, and deep understanding of humanity. He rigs carbon-monoxide bombs into young children's throats to sew mistrust in survivors. He takes memories from the Wonderland program to make himself more trustworthy. One example is mimicking Ringer's father during a chess game to weaken her resolve. He later "enhances" Ringer (Marika) with alien technology called The 12th System, a piece of Other technology. Then offers her a place in the existential Wonderland the "other" survive in.
Grace - a Silencer like Evan, programmed by the 12th System to believe she is a part of the immortal alien "Others" taking over. They befriended each other before the waves began. Grace saves Evan after finding him severely wounded in an escape pod. Unknowingly harboring a tractor to "their kind" after he destroys Camp Haven. The night after one of her hunts, she tries to seduce Evan, but he attacks her and renders her unconscious. Believing her to be dead, Evan heads back to the hotel Cassie's group has taken refuge in, which they had nicknamed "The Walker Hotel". She watches him get slower, the 12th systems breaking down in his body. Waits for him to get inside, get settled. And silently starts her pillage. Cassie's group where she then attacks them. After this violent confrontation, Private Poundcake, now mortally wounded, goes back to the hotel to retrieve the bomb dropped by Sammy and detonates it an arms-length away from Grace, killing both of them.
Dumbo - the twelve year old medical officer in Squad 53. One of his most prominent features is his extraordinarily large ears, like his namesake. He's known for his loyalty, risking himself for the other characters many times over throughout the series. Traveling through Urbana on a hopeless mission to save Teacup and Ringer, he dives into Zombie at the last second and takes a bullet to the back. Unable to stay Zombie leaves Dumbo with the promise to return with Ringer and Teacup. When he returns he finds Dumbo has crawled ten blocks away in delirium, looking for Zombie.
Allison "Teacup" or "Cup" - a seven-year-old member of Squad 53. She is described as "the meanest seven-year-old you've ever seen" by Zombie. Teacup grows close to Ringer as the only other female in Squad 53, especially after the destruction of Camp Haven. She is shot by Ringer who mistakes her for an Other. Ringer surrenders to Vosch knowing it is the only way to save Teacup's life, and Vosch uses Teacup as leverage against Ringer. Teacup is killed by Razor so Vosch will have no more leverage against her.
Poundcake - a chubby member of Squad 53 who is mostly silent. His mother was killed by the Red Death. While he was on a supply run, he returned to find his brother gone. On the supply run, he found only a sweet treat, his namesake, as his drill sergeant thought he was "so sweet". He sacrificed himself to save the others of his group by detonating a bomb rigged to detonate on high concentrations of carbon dioxide in close proximity to Grace, a Silencer targeting the group.
Megan - a seven-year-old girl rescued and taken to Camp Haven. She meets and befriends Sammy on the bus they ride. Megan is, along with many other kids her age that are part of the Fifth Wave, rigged with a carbon dioxide-bomb. She is dropped off near Cassie's group's hideout. Evan and Cassie manage to get the bomb out of her, for which they plan to use to attack the others, though Poundcake ends up detonating it to save the others from Grace. She inevitably lives on, independent and untrusting of any character in the books.
Flintstone "Flint" - a boy around Ben and Cassie's age. He is the former leader of Squad 53, until his drill sergeant, Reznik, replaced him with Zombie. In disbelief that Camp Haven could be a coup, he accidentally kills himself by taking the tracking devices and detonating his own kill-switch.
Tank - a young boy in Squad 53. He goes "Dorothy" (crazy) and is replaced by Ringer. Zombie and Dumbo discover him dead in the P&D Hangar (Processing and Disposal).
Kenny "Oompa" - an eight-or-nine-year-old boy on Squad 53. He is killed by grenade shrapnel on the squad's first patrol.
Razor - Alex a recruit at the northern base where Ringer was captured. He is ordered to bring her food three times a day after she's injected with the 12th system. Despite being ordered not to speak to her he rambles during their time together: his favorite things in life, before and after the others. Prayer circles. His grandmother nippy purse dog he prayed would not die because his grandmother told him to. Even though he hated the dog, he was upset when it died. He introduces a game of his own creation: Chaseball (baseball played on a chessboard using a quarter). He orchestrates her and Teacup's escape from the military base though secrets codes traced on board. After jumping from a Blackhawk manned by Lieutenant Bobband surviving, the two kiss. But Ringers 12th includes a CPU attached to her brain that interprets physiological biofeedback. She knew immediately something was wrong. She takes his gun and knocks him out, then finds Vosch inside of the hospital Teacups was supposed to be hiding in. After fighting with Vosch, Ringer is left to heal in an abandoned hospital with Razor assigned to watch her. They are tasked to rid hundreds of dead bodies. He and Ringer attempt to reconcile, her talking much more now, finding she misses the talkative nature he had taken in the military base. By the end of the week they sleep together. He does not have to convince her not to go back to the base: Teacup is there and Razor knows that is Ringer's only weakness. When they return to the base, he shoots Teacup so that Vosch will have no leverage over Ringer. He in turn is shot and killed himself by 5th Wave soldiers.
Lieutenant Bob - Was forced to commandeer a Black Hawk helicopter and escort Ringer, Teacup, and Razor away from Vosch's base. She made him jump out and then crashed it. As if once wasn't enough, she later forced him to fly another Black Hawk back into the base and then blew it up.
Film adaptation.
In March 2012, Columbia Pictures picked up the film rights to the trilogy, with Graham King and Tobey Maguire attached as producers. A film adaptation of the first novel in the series was released on January 22, 2016. It was directed by J Blakeson, with a screenplay by Susannah Grant, Akiva Goldsman, and Jeff Pinkner. While the film was a moderate box office success, it was negatively reviewed by critics and audiences, and there has been no word on any sequels.
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The 5th Wave
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The 5th Wave (novel)
2013 novel by Rick Yancey
The 5th Wave is a young adult science fiction novel written by American author Rick Yancey. It was published on May 7, 2013, by G. P. Putnam's Sons. The novel is the first in the "5th Wave" trilogy, followed by "The Infinite Sea" and "The Last Star". The story follows 16-year-old Cassie Sullivan as she tries to survive in a world devastated by waves of alien invasions that decimated the Earth's population.
Sony Pictures released a film adaptation in January 2016.
Plot.
An alien invasion consisting of four "waves" of increasing severity has resulted in the death of most of the human population, with survivors scattered in mostly rural areas. As part of the fourth wave, the aliens, known as the "Others", physically imitate human forms and hunt down the rest of the human population. Such aliens are called "Silencers."
16-year-old Cassie Sullivan searches for her brother, five-year-old Sammy. While traveling, she is shot by a Silencer. Meanwhile, Cassie's high school crush Ben Parish is coerced into joining the army by Commander Vosch, who killed Cassie's father prior to the events of the novel. He joins Squad 53 and becomes known as Private Zombie.
Cassie awakes in a country house mostly healed. Her savior is a man named Evan Walker, who claims he found her delirious on the highway. The two develop a romance, and Evan agrees to help her find her brother. Cassie harbors suspicions of how he came to find her, however, and suspects him of being the Silencer that tried to kill her. Meanwhile, Sammy has been recruited into the army and joins Zombie's squad with other child soldiers. The squad rises through the ranks and becomes one of the best in the camp. While the army purports to be fighting the others, they soon discover that they have been tricked into targeting fellow human survivors. This is revealed to be the fifth wave.
Cassie and Evan are attacked by a group of soldiers from the camp. Evan defeats them easily, and he admits that he is a Silencer as Cassie suspected. Conflicted, she eventually agrees to let him help rescue Sammy. Cassie infiltrates the camp and meets her brother and Zombie, but they are captured by Vosch. They are rescued by Evan, who is revealed to have planted bombs throughout the camp. The group, along with the rest of Squad 53, ride off as the camp detonates.
Reception.
Critical reception of the book was fairly positive, although some reviewers noted an overreliance on genre tropes.
It received starred reviews from "Publishers Weekly" and Kirkus. Justin Cronin of "The New York Times" wrote that while "just about everything here is borrowed from one venerable pop culture source or another", it was a "rip-roaring setup, and as the bodies accumulate, the pages turn themselves." The critic Katherine Schulten listed it as one of the best young adult books of 2013.
Sequels.
"The 5th Wave" is the first book in a trilogy. The second book in the series, "The Infinite Sea", was released on September 16, 2014. The third book in the series, "The Last Star", was released on May 24, 2016.
Film adaptation.
A film adaption with the same name was released by Columbia Pictures on January 22, 2016. It was directed by J Blakeson, with a screenplay by Susannah Grant, Akiva Goldsman, and Jeff Pinkner.
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The 5th Wave (comic strip)
American gag cartoon, from 1981, weekly single-panel comic
The 5th Wave is a weekly gag cartoon by Rich Tennant, published on Sundays. Started in 1981, the comic usually deals with computers and technology. Tennant's cartoons regularly appear in the "For Dummies" book series, and have appeared in "PC Magazine" and "Computerworld", a magazine for which he worked from 1987 to 1999. Like most gag cartoons, Tennant's comics have no continuity, no recurring characters, and no storylines that continue into the next week.
The name of the comic comes from "Future Shock" by Alvin Toffler. In this book, societies are listed in waves, e.g., the Agricultural Age is the First Wave, the Industrial Age is the Second Wave, and the Information Age is the Third Wave. Tennant wanted to call his comic "The Fourth Wave", but "through a series of missteps and miscommunications", it was first published in a newspaper under the title "The 5th Wave", and the name stuck.

The 5th Wave (film)
2016 film by J Blakeson
The 5th Wave is a 2016 American science fiction action film directed by J Blakeson from a screenplay by Susannah Grant, Akiva Goldsman and Jeff Pinkner, based on Rick Yancey's 2013 novel of the same name. The film stars Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Ron Livingston, Maggie Siff, Alex Roe, Maria Bello, Maika Monroe, and Liev Schreiber.
Development began in March 2012, when Columbia Pictures picked up the film rights to the trilogy of novels, with Graham King's production company GK Films and Tobey Maguire's Material Pictures. Filming took place in Atlanta, Georgia, from October 2014 to January 2015.
"The 5th Wave" was released in the United States on January 22, 2016 by Columbia Pictures (via Sony Pictures Releasing). Despite negative reviews from critics, the film was moderately successful, grossing $109.9 million worldwide against a $38–54 million budget.
Plot.
Ohio high-schooler Cassie Sullivan, armed with an M4 carbine, emerges from the woods to raid an abandoned gas station. Upon entering, she hears a voice calling for help. She finds a wounded man who points a gun at her, and then each of them asks the other to put their weapon down. When he pulls his other hand out from under his jacket, she mistakes the metallic glint of a Christian cross for that of a gun, so she kills him: the screen then cuts to black, and her backstory begins.
A colossal alien spaceship is circling Earth, guided by extraterrestrial life referred to as "the Others." Ten days later, The Others unleash their 'First Wave,' an electromagnetic pulse that disables all electrical power and communications worldwide and shuts off the engines of moving vehicles, including planes in mid-flight. The 'Second Wave' gives the Others power to manipulate the planet's geology and fault lines, causing earthquakes and megatsunamis that destroy coastal cities and islands, including Miami, London, Bangkok and New York City. In Ohio, Lake Erie floods; Cassie and her younger brother Sam escape by climbing a tree. For the 'Third Wave,' the Others modify a strain of avian influenza and spread it across the planet via birds. The population is decimated, with Cassie's mother, Lisa, one of the victims. In the 'Fourth Wave,' the Others control humans and start killing other humans.
Cassie, Sam, and their father, Thomas, find a summer camp in the woods that is used as a refuge for 300 survivors or so. A few days later, a United States Army unit with working vehicles rolls into the camp. The unit's commander, Colonel Alexander Vosch, claims there is an imminent threat of a 'Fifth Wave.' He states that the Army will take the children to safety at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and will bring the buses back for the adults. Cassie is separated from Sam and witnesses the Army unit massacre all the adults, including Thomas. Cassie makes her way toward the base but is shot in the leg by a sniper and passes out.
A week or so later, she wakes up in the farmhouse of a young man named Evan Walker, who tells her that he saved her life. Cassie leaves, heading towards the base with Evan; but she learns that he is an Other, sent years ago as a sleeper agent. He merged his consciousness into a human host. The sleepers roam their designated zones, killing human survivors. Evan admits his humanity was reactivated when he saw her, and that he is not willing to cooperate with his training and the invasion; he lets her leave. He warns that Vosch and the military are possessed by the consciousness of individual Others.
At the base, the military have used deception and technology to convince the rescued children that all humans outside the base have been possessed. They provide military training to the children, forming them into squads to go on killing missions outside the base. Sam has been placed into a squad led by Ben Parish, a boy Cassie had a crush on, along with Ringer, a tough teenage girl, Dumbo, a teenage boy who survived the 'Second Wave,' and Teacup. While on their kill mission, Ringer removes her military implant, causing her to register as an Other-possessed human on the squad's scopes. The squad deduces that the plan is to have them kill any non-possessed humans: i.e., they are the 'Fifth Wave.' Ben sends his squad into the woods and returns to base, claiming his squad was killed, in order to retrieve Sam, who was left behind. Ben confronts Vosch about child warriors being the 'Fifth Wave.' Cassie kills Sergeant Reznik during her one-on-one indoctrination. Ben and Cassie find each other and leave to find Sam. Evan sets off numerous bombs and advises them to find Sam before the destruction of the entire facility. Vosch and the surviving military Others evacuate with the human children by military aircraft. Cassie, Ben, and Sam escape, with help from Ringer, just as Evan completes the base's destruction. Ben's squad is reunited, and Cassie ponders the strength of hope as humanity's driving force for survival.
Cast.
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Production.
Development.
In March 2012, Columbia Pictures picked up the film rights to the trilogy, with Graham King and Tobey Maguire attached as producers. On April 15, 2014, it was officially announced that Chloë Grace Moretz would star as Cassie Sullivan, and that J Blakeson would direct from a script by Susannah Grant. From June through August 2014, Nick Robinson and Alex Roe joined the film as male protagonists Ben Parish and Evan Walker, respectively, while Liev Schreiber was cast as the villain. Over the following months, Maika Monroe, Zackary Arthur, Tony Revolori, Ron Livingston, Maggie Siff, and Talitha Bateman joined the film.
Filming.
Principal photography began on October 18, 2014, in Atlanta, Georgia. According to production designer Jon Billington, the production team scouted a number of cities but Atlanta was ultimately selected for its "visual diversity and interest". A total of $21.7 million was spent shooting in Georgia. 967 local crew members were hired to help with the production of the film, and they spent 17,843 man-days working on the film. Billington designed the various sets used throughout the movie around the Cassie and her story. He viewed the film as "Cassie's 'Odyssey'" and envisioned five "worlds" that she travels through linearly. A few scenes taking place in the forest were shot on the Jackson trail, outside of Winder, Georgia, US. Three months after production began, on January 11, a planned explosion of a bus in downtown Macon, Georgia, for the film went awry when it spread wider than planned, blowing out more than forty windows on Cotton Avenue, collapsing ceilings, destroying store fronts, setting one building on fire, and leaving soot on the brick buildings as well. The production company promised to cover all damages caused by the 3:45 am incident, but the work that was done was done badly and remained incomplete twenty-eight months later. Filming officially ended on January 17, 2015.
Livett's Launches provided filming support for the scene showing the destruction of Tower Bridge by a tsunami. In addition to London, Miami, Bangkok, Beijing, and New York can all be seen during the Second Wave as they are destroyed by a giant tsunami wave following the earthquake.
Music.
In April 2015, it was announced that Henry Jackman would compose the original soundtrack for the film. Notable songs by popular artists featured in the film include Sia, Coldplay, Pitbull, Ne-Yo, Madeon, Passion Pit, and Mark Ronson. Part of the song "Don't Panic" by Coldplay can be heard when Ben and Sam sing it together in an attempt to lull Sam to sleep. "Time of Our Lives" by Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, "Pay No Mind" by Madeon ft. Passion Pit, and "Summer Breaking" by Mark Ronson ft. Kevin Parker. can by heard during a house party flashback involving Cassie. "Alive" by Sia serves as the film's end credit song and was used in promotional material for the film.
Release.
Sony Pictures Entertainment originally set the film a release date for January 29, 2016. On April 30, 2015, the release date was changed from its original release date of January 29, 2016, to an earlier date of January 15, 2016. However, in December 2015, the release date was pushed back from January 15, 2016, to January 22, 2016. It was released on January 14, 2016, in Australia, Germany, and the Middle East.
Marketing and promotion.
An international trailer for the film was released on Sony Pictures' official YouTube account on September 1, 2015. Standard marketing techniques were used to promote the film such as movie posters, trailers, and TV advertising. The film also had several pages on social media including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Lead actress Chloë Grace Moretz was featured on the cover of February 2016 issue of teenage lifestyle magazine Marie Claire to promote the film. The film's actors were also featured in several interviews with various YouTube channels such as IGN and FilmisNow
On May 3, 2016, it was announced via social media that the 5th Wave was available for purchase on Blu-Ray and Digital formats that same day. The film was released online on various video sites two weeks prior to this.
Reception.
Box office.
"The 5th Wave" grossed $34.9 million in North America and $75 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $109.9 million, against a production budget of $54 million.
The film was released in North America on January 22, 2016, alongside "Dirty Grandpa" and "The Boy", and was projected to gross $10–14 million from 2,908 theaters in its opening weekend. It made $475,000 from its Thursday night screenings and $3.5 million on its first day. It went on to gross $10.3 million in its opening weekend, finishing 6th at the box office.
Critical response.
The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 17% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 143 reviews, with an average rating of 4.3/10. The site's critics consensus reads, "With unimpressive effects and plot points seemingly pieced together from previous dystopian young adult sci-fi films, "The 5th Wave" ends up feeling like more of a limp, derivative wriggle." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 33 out of 100 based on 30 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale.
Jeffrey M. Anderson of "The San Francisco Examiner" said of the film, "Every plot turn and every line of dialogue has been borrowed from somewhere else, and everything is utterly, totally predictable", noting how the film "steals material from (but does not stop at) the "Twilight", "Hunger Games" and "Divergent" franchises." Anthony Lane of "The New Yorker" faulted the film as a "marketing wheeze dressed up as an art form, and stupendously summarized by the image of Cassie hurrying through the woods carrying both an assault rifle and a Teddy bear", adding that the film "appears to have been designed by some crazed Oedipal wing of the N.R.A."
Rob Vaux of the Sci-Fi Movie Page gave the film one star out of five, saying, "The Young Adult adaptation craze hits a low point with this aimless, purposeless alien invasion story that wastes a fine cast." In the "San Francisco Chronicle", Mick LaSalle wrote, "rarely does a movie that fails so utterly start so well", falling apart ahead of the fifth wave. As to a possible trilogy, "if we're not really vigilant, and look to the skies, and prepare, they're going to make at least two more of these things. We've got to beat back the invasion now". Eddie Cockrell of "Variety" gave the film a mixed review, saying, ""The 5th Wave" is an effectively decent post-apocalyptic, young adult, world-in-the-balance survival thriller" with an "arrestingly original spin on trendy genre tropes", although he suggested that fans of the book may have "issues with what has been edited".
Brian Truitt of "USA Today" gave the film a positive review, stating that it "is an inviting sci-fi invasion" and "nicely stokes the imagination of a new generation of science-fiction movie nerds". He praised Moretz and Robinson as "equally strong" co-leads. Shannon Harvey of "The West Australian" also gave the film a positive review, writing, "It's actually got a lot going for it, from acting prodigy Chloe Grace Moretz as the kind of tough but fragile heroine you can cheer for to handsome production values, several plot twists". Michael Patterson of "Moviepilot" gave the film a positive review, calling it a "thrilling story of survival".
Author of "The 5th Wave" Rick Yancy was heavily involved with the film's production from the beginning and seemed to be pleased with the final product saying "The filmmakers were very cognizant of the fact that what really sets the story apart is the heart of it". He believed that fans of the book would be "... pleased with how the filmmakers have captured the characters and story".
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Court of Fives
Book by Kate Elliott
Court of Fives is the first high fantasy book in the "Court of Fives" series by Kate Elliott. It was released on August 18, 2015.
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Dimension Wave
Japanese light novel series
 is a Japanese light novel series written by Aneko Yusagi and illustrated by Ryō Ueda. It initially began serialization on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō in October 2012. It was later acquired by Shufunotomo who began publishing it under their Hero Bunko imprint in December 2019. A manga adaptation illustrated by Ichiko Kameyoshi began serialization on Kadokawa Corporation's "KadoComi" manga website in October 2024.
Media.
Light novel.
Written by Aneko Yusagi, "Dimension Wave" initially began serialization on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō on October 13, 2012. It was later acquired by Shufunotomo who began publishing the series with illustrations by Ryō Ueda under their Hero Bunko light novel imprint on December 27, 2019. Seven volumes have been released as of September 30, 2024.
During their panel at Anime NYC 2024, J-Novel Club announced that they had licensed the series for English publication.
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Manga.
A manga adaptation was announced on January 4, 2020. The manga adaptation illustrated by Ichiko Kameyoshi began serialization on Kadokawa Corporation's "KadoComi" website on October 15, 2024.
Other.
In commemoration of the release of fifth novel volume on April 28, 2022, a promotional video with narration from Vtuber Shirakami Fubuki was uploaded to the Hero Bunko YouTube channel that same day.
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Warlock 5
Warlock 5 is a comic book that was written by Gordon Derry with art by Denis Beauvais and was published by Aircel Comics.
Publication history.
Volume 1 lasted for 22 issues, published from 1986 to 1989. Volume 2 lasted for 7 issues, all published in 1989.
Only the first thirteen issues of Volume 1 were created by Derry and Beauvais before Aircel replaced them with an entirely new creative team, art style, characters, logo, and story with no connection to the original.
These issues, later collected in 2021 by Outland Entertainment in an Omnibus Edition, featured guardians from five different realities in opposition to or in alliance with each other, often seeking to eliminate the others and gain access to their realities but also reluctantly working together to defend or repair The Grid, a nexus-point for their realities.
The original Warlock Five were:
As of Volume 1, Issue #14 and onward, the series seems to have had something to do with elves (as depicted on multiple covers).
Plot.
"Warlock 5" is a comic book in which five beings engage in a fight for the thing of ultimate importance.
Reception.
Martin A. Stever reviewed "Warlock 5" in "Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer" No. 83. Stever commented that "the lure of this book is that the reader is unsure of exactly what is going on. Lots of magic, guns, swords, robots, babes, motorcycles, and very nice art".
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Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
Japanese anime series and spin-off
 is the second main spin-off of the "Yu-Gi-Oh!" franchise, succeeding "Yu-Gi-Oh! GX", in celebration of the 40th anniversary of "Weekly Shōnen Jump" and the 15th anniversary of "V Jump". The series aired from April 2008 to March 2011.
The story focuses on characters playing a card game called Duel Monsters. This series introduces Synchro Monsters to the "Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game". A new method of duelling exists where motorcycle-like vehicles called D-Wheels (Duel Runners in the English version) are used, and the duelists engage in games called Riding Duels (Turbo Duels in the English version). The show is set in the distant future, where the upper-class population live in Neo Domino City (New Domino City in the English version) and the lower class in a remote island where Domino's sewage is transported, Satellite. Yusei Fudo, the 18-year-old protagonist, lives in Satellite and makes it his objective to reach his rival Jack Atlas, who lives in Neo Domino. The series focuses on the five Signers, people embodied with a mark of one of the legendary Five Dragons who serve an ancient deity called the Crimson Dragon, their conflict with the Dark Signers, and the Three Emperors of Iliaster.
As with the previous two anime series ("Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters" and "Yu-Gi-Oh! GX"), "Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's" was acquired by 4Kids Entertainment for broadcasting in the United States in September 2008. The series aired on The CW4Kids, from September 13, 2008 to September 10, 2011, though 31 episodes were left unaired as well as undubbed. The English-language version premiered on July 24 at San Diego Comic-Con 2008, where the first English-dubbed episode was previewed. Like the previous two English dubs, changes have been made to the plot, cards, and character names. On June 1, 2009, the series began airing 5 days a week on Cartoon Network. A manga based on the show began serialization in "V Jump" monthly Magazine from August 2009 to January 2015.
The series was succeeded by "Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal".
Plot.
"Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's" is set in the distant future, in Neo Domino City.
Seventeen years prior, a reactor called Moment within the city malfunctioned and caused a great earthquake that split the city in two parts: Satellite, the rundown and poverty-stricken part (also the former Domino City), and Neo Domino City, the wealthier and urban part. In order to keep the two areas separate, access to the city from the Satellite is strictly prohibited and can result in imprisonment. Yusei Fudo, an aspiring duelist from Satellite, builds his own Duel Runner (D-Wheel in the Japanese version), but his best friend Jack Atlas betrays him and steals his vehicle along with his most precious monster, Stardust Dragon, escaping to Neo Domino.
Two years later, Yusei builds another Duel Runner and secretly travels to the city to win back his Dragon. Jack has made a name for himself and his monster, Red Dragon Archfiend, as the current Turbo Duel King in Neo Domino City. Yusei and Jack face each other in a turbo duel, Yusei and Jack's arms glow red, a third red dragon appears, and brings an abrupt end to the fight. This attracts the attention of Rex Goodwin, the head of the Public Security Maintenance Bureau, who reveals to Jack a five thousand year old secret, involving the , a pre-Incan civilization, the , and , identified by a red birthmark on their arm that represents a part of the dragon. Goodwin also reveals that Jack and Yusei are both Signers and holds a tournament to find the other three. Two of the other signers turn out to be child duelist Luna and psychic duelist Akiza. In the final battle, all four Signers see a vision of the future with the Satellite in ruins.
Goodwin reveals that the Signers are destined to face the Dark Signers, duelists resurrected from the dead to serve the evil Earthbound Gods. The Signers head to Satellite to face the Dark Signers which consist of: Roman Goodwin (Rex's brother, a former Signer with the dragon's Head mark and leader of the Dark Signers), Kalin Kessler (a former friend of Yusei, Jack and Crow Hogan), Devack (the one who stole the Ancient Fairy Dragon card, Luna's Signer Dragon), Misty Tredwell (a model who blames Akiza for the death of her brother Toby), Greiger (who blamed Rex Goodwin for his village's disappearance), and briefly Carly (a blogger with feelings for Jack). With the help of Leo, Luna's twin brother, and Crow Hogan, Yusei and Jack's best friend, they are able to defeat all the Dark Signers. However, Rex Goodwin reveals that he has become a Dark Signer and uses his brother's severed arm to become a Signer as well. With the power of both the light and the shadows, he wishes to rebuild the world in his image. Yusei, Jack and Crow then face him in a turbo duel in order to stop him and King of the Netherworld from finishing off the Signers and destroying the world. Before the final attack, Yusei gains the Head mark, making him the new leader, while Crow gains his former Tail mark, making him the fifth Signer. With the power of the Crimson Dragon and Yusei's Majestic Star Dragon, he defeats Goodwin who, along with Roman, sacrifice themselves to destroy the King of the Netherworld and revive the Dark Signers as normal people again.
After the Dark Signers' defeat, Neo Domino City and Satellite are finally reunited into one prosperous city with the building of the "Daedalus Bridge", an intricate net of roads linking both Satellite and Neo Domino City with some sections also used for turbo duels. Yusei and his friends, now calling themselves "Team 5D's", prepare for the upcoming World Riding Duel Grand Prix (WRGP) tournament. A new threat appears, the Three Emperors of Iliaster, whose main monsters, the "Machine Emperors", can absorb Synchro Monsters from their opponents to empower themselves. Yusei encounters a fellow competitor, Sherry LeBlanc, who is investigating the Iliaster organization, that is reportedly responsible for her parents' deaths. Team 5D's is also joined by a mysterious amnesiac mechanic named Bruno, who quickly befriends the team and helps them prepare for the WRGP. The WRGP soon begins, with Team 5D's facing tough opponents such as Team Unicorn, a world-ranked dueling team, Team Taiyo, a new dueling team who started with nothing, and Team Ragnarok, who possess special abilities like the Signers. Yusei and Jack develop the "Clear Mind" and "Burning Soul" abilities, respectively, upgrading their ace monsters into forms capable of dodging the Machine Emperors' absorption effects. Team 5D's eventually confront the Emperors themselves, who are revealed to be three different incarnations of Aporia, a cyborg sent from the future to destroy Neo Domino City to prevent a great calamity from befalling mankind in the future.
Although Team 5D's defeats Aporia and wins the WRGP, a massive citadel known as the Ark Cradle appears and threatens to crash into Neo Domino City and destroy it. Team 5D's climbs aboard it to stop it. Before reaching the core of the fortress, they confront three individuals guarding its access: Akiza and Crow face Sherry, who was promised to have her parents returned to her; Yusei faces Bruno, who recovered his memories of being Antinomy, another member of Iliaster; and Jack, Leo and Luna face Aporia. Leo dies during the duel and is revived by the Crimson Dragon, becoming the sixth Signer bearing the mark of the dragon's Heart. When the Signers finally reach Z-one, Iliaster's leader, Yusei borrows his friends' dragons to add them to his deck, and challenges Z-one to a final turbo duel to decide Neo Domino City's future. Z-one is revealed to be a scientist from the future who assumed Yusei's identity and traveled back in time to prevent the destruction of humanity. Yusei manages to use his friends' cards to perform a "Limit Over Accel Synchro" and summon his strongest monster, "Shooting Quasar Dragon". After Z-one is defeated by Yusei, he decides to entrust the future of mankind to Yusei, and sacrifices himself to destroy the Ark Cradle and save Neo Domino City from destruction.
A few months pass after the Signers' victory over Iliaster, and the former members of Team 5D's move on with their lives following separate paths. With one final duel between Jack and Yusei, they all part ways, except for Yusei, who decides to stay in Neo Domino City and research for a way to stop the destruction of humanity in the future. As they drive off, the Crimson Dragon appears for the final time and removing all of the Dragon Marks on the Signer's arms, letting them know all the danger has now passed. The other Signers leave the city knowing they will be connected with each other and will return after fulfilling their dreams.
Themes.
The first story arc addresses themes such as social class division, segregation, and discrimination, depicted through the interactions between residents of Neo Domino City, and Satellite. The Dark Signer arc deals with the relationship between past and present, as the heroes (especially Yusei, Aki, and Jack) must come to terms with the questionable actions they, or their family members, have made. The final two arcs, the World Grand Prix and Ark Cradle, build on the previous arc by exploring the connection between present and future, as Time Travel plays a major role in how the story unfolds. Synchro Monsters also play a major role in the final two arcs, as their subsequent overuse in the future prompts the final antagonists to seek the destruction of Neo Domino City. Lastly, just like all Yu-Gi-Oh! series, 5D's places a huge emphasis on bonds and friendships.
Similar to how the original series utilized elements of Egyptian mythology to drive the plot, 5D's loosely used bits of Incan Mythology (such as the Nazca Lines) early on to set the groundwork for its supernatural phenomena and lore. To push this motif even further, the manga (which featured an entirely different plot from the anime) depicted the origin of Riding Duels being played on horseback, in coliseums, by Ancient Incan civilizations.
Media.
Anime.
"Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's" was produced by Nihon Ad Systems and TV Tokyo, and the show's animation was handled by Studio Gallop. It aired on TV Tokyo between April 2, 2008 and March 30, 2011, following the end of the previous series, "Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX". As with the previous two series ("Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters" and "Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX"), this series was acquired by 4Kids Entertainment for broadcasting and began airing in the United States in September 2008. The English adaptation of "Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s" is also distributed by Warner Bros. Family Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television Animation. Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's began airing on The CW4Kids, starting on September 13, 2008, and later aired on Cartoon Network. On May 29, 2010, the series once again began airing in 1-hour episode blocks on the CW4Kids. The series moved over to the Toonzai block on September 18, 2010. The last episode of the dubbed series aired on September 10, 2011, leaving out several episodes from the Japanese broadcast due to low ratings, pressure to air its successor "Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal", and an ongoing lawsuit from TV Tokyo and NAS. As a result, "5D's" became the second series to not have a complete English dub. Changes have been made to the plot and cards, character names have been localized, and violent scenes have been edited.
In Germany, however, the dub stopped using the 4Kids version and began adapting the show directly from Japan from episode 65 onward for unknown reasons. While the original voice cast from the first 64 episodes was still used, the show no longer edited quite as much, used the original music (including the original Japanese opening and ending themes), and adapted their scripts directly from the original Japanese scripts rather than from the revised English scripts.
On September 22, 2010, Toonzaki and Hulu uploaded unedited, subtitled and edited, dubbed episodes of "Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's". These episodes use the English names for the cards instead of the Japanese names. In an Anime News Network interview with Mark Kirk, Senior Vice President of Digital Media for 4Kids Entertainment, Kirk claimed this was for legal reasons.
On April 2, 2018, the series was released with Latin American Spanish dubbing in the United States (for US Hispanic audiences) on ¡Sorpresa!. Subsequently, the series was uploaded on the streaming service VEMOX, also in Spanish.
Manga.
A manga adaptation, written by Masahiro Hikokubo and illustrated by Masashi Sato, was serialized in Shueisha's "V Jump" magazine from August 21, 2009, to January 21, 2015.
The series has been licensed by Viz Media for North America.
Trading card game.
"Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's" added a new gameplay element to the "Yu-Gi-Oh!" Trading Card Game, in which Master Rules came into effect by introducing Synchro Summoning to the game. To Synchro Summon the new white-colored Synchro Monsters, a Tuner Monster and a non-Tuner monster is required to be on the field, and their added levels must equal to the desired Synchro Monster to be summoned. A new monster type known as Psychic was also added to the game.
Another type of gameplay mechanic unique to the anime version was also introduced, called "Dark Synchro Summon", which is the thematic opposite of the normal Synchro Summon. In the normal Synchro Summon, the levels of the Tuner monster(s) and non-Tuner monster(s) are added up to be equal to the level of the summoned monster, whereas Dark Synchro Summon subtracts the level of the non-Tuner monster from the anime-exclusive Dark Tuner monster monster's, instead. The card game has released these "Dark Synchro Monsters" as regular Synchro Monsters, though they require a DARK-attribute Tuner monster instead as opposed to Konami releasing Dark Tuners.
Video games.
There are several video games developed by Konami based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's franchise.
"Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's: Wheelie Breakers", released on March 26, 2009, is a racing game for the Wii console in which players can use cards to lower other people's life points and defeat them. Unlike the card game, monsters use Speed Counters to attack their opponents, and players do not lose if their life points hit zero, rather they are unable to continue racing. The Promotional cards are Skull Flame, Burning Skull Head, and Supersonic Skull Flame.
"Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Stardust Accelerator", released on March 26, 2009, is a game for the Nintendo DS that continues the World Championship series of games. The game uses the World Championship 2009 software, and also features a story mode, in which a duelist tries to get his memory back. In the video game Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2009: Stardust Accelerator, winning all single tournaments appears as an unlockable opponent: Endymion, the Master Magician, known as Divine Magician Deity Endymion in the Japanese version, is a character version of the card, "Endymion, the Master Magician". The Promotional Cards are Infernity Archfiend, Infernity Dwarf, and Infernity Guardian.
"Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's: Reverse of Arcadia", also for the Nintendo DS, is also part of the World Championship series. Set during the Dark Signers arc, the player controls a former member of the Enforcers who has been brainwashed by the Arcadia movement.
The promotional cards are Stygian Security, Samurai Sword Baron and Stygian Sergeants. "", was released on February 24, 2011. The game features over 4,200 cards, and a Puzzle Editor. This game was released in Japan on February 18, 2010, in North America on February 23, 2010, and in Europe on March 26, 2010. Its promotional cards are Sorciere de Fleur, Z-ONE and Necro Fleur.
"Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 4", released on September 17, 2009, is a game for the PSP system, the fourth game in the Tag Force series. The game features the Dark Synchro and Dark Tuner monsters from the 2nd season of the anime. The Promotional Cards are Warm Worm, Worm Bait, and Regret Reborn. This was followed by "Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 5", which was released on September 16, 2010, and set during the third season of the anime. A last game, "Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 6" was later released that covered up until the end of the series.
"Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Decade Duels" for the Xbox Live Arcade was released on November 3, 2010. and is a game that features online leader boards and voice chat functionality, as well as the ability to buy extra cards via Xbox Live Marketplace. The game was removed from the service in June 2012. It returned as "Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Decade Duels Plus" on November 21, 2012, but it was removed on the same day for unknown reasons. It reappeared again on February 13, 2013.
"Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Duel Transer" (known as "Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Master of the Cards" in Europe) was released on April 21, 2011 and is a game for the Wii system features over 4,500 cards and Wi-Fi multiplayer. This game came with promotional cards Fighter Ape, Closed Forest, and Roaring Earth and a Duel Scanner accessory which allows players to scan their real world cards into the game.
Yu-Gi-Oh Online 3: Duel Accelerator was the 3rd installment of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Online series. It was based around Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's. It was released on December 18, 2009, and was shut down on September 30, 2012, due to an internal decision by Konami.
On September 25, 2018 a 5D's World, alongside Synchro Summoning, was added to the mobile game Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links.
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The Last Star (novel)
2016 novel by Rick Yancey
The Last Star is a young adult science fiction novel written by American author Rick Yancey. It was published on May 24, 2016 by G. P. Putnam's Sons. It is the third and final novel in "The 5th Wave" trilogy, preceded by "The Infinite Sea".
"The Last Star" concludes the story of 16-year-old Cassiopeia "Cassie" Sullivan, battling against the aliens that have invaded Earth. Unlike the previous books, the book received mixed-to-negative reviews from reviewers, who criticized the book's ending.
Summary.
The story opens with a flashback of Cassie Sullivan's dad, when he was a kid on a school field trip to a planetarium. Amazed by a starry spectacle the administrators displayed, he decides then and there to name a future daughter after Cassiopeia.
In the present, the remaining human population tries to avoid run ins with the "Others", the aliens that have wiped out most of humanity. A band of survivors hides in caves near Urbana, Ohio. One of them, a priest, turns out to be a Silencer, a human physically enhanced by an implanted neural chip (part of the Other's "12th System") that also makes them believe they are Others. After killing the humans, the Silencer sits back to wait for the day the alien mothership drops the Final Wave, the green bombs that will complete the destruction of humanity and complete the Others' plans for Earth.
Human teenager Ringer, enhanced with the 12th System by Vosch, the human-appearing leader of the Others, has spent 40 days in the wilderness testing out her enhancements. She returns to Vosch because she knows they have a mutual goal that he will help her kill Evan Walker, a Silencer who has started to help the humans after falling in love with Cassie. Vosch gives Ringer a bomb contained in a pill that can destroy everything in a five-mile radius, so that she can kill herself instead of being killed by the Final Wave when the time comes. He then dispatches Ringer and a Silencer named Constance to look for Evan in the caverns.
Cassie, her younger brother Sam (called Nugget), her former high school crush Ben Parish (now using the name Zombie) and other young humans from Squad 53 are hiding at a safe house. The squads were teams of young humans who were "weaponized" into the 5th Wave, tricked into attacking other human survivors by being told that those humans are actually Others in human disguise. Cassie is surprised one day by the arrival of Evan. She screams at him about how cruel the Others' takeover has been, and the fact that Sam is forgetting his life before the invasion started, losing his traits of humanity. Later, she is furious with Zombie when he announces that he and Dumbo are going to the caverns to find Teacup and Ringer (unaware of Ringer's transformation and the fact that Teacup is dead), so he can warn them about the upcoming final Wave.
While in the woods, an attack ends with Dumbo shot in the back. Zombie stuffs rags into Dumbo's wound, hides him in a building in Urbana, and goes for help. Later Zombie finds an old cat lady who reminds him of his grandmother. She offers him some soup, but after revealing that the secret ingredient is cat, she tries to strangle Zombie. He has no choice but to shoot her dead.
Ringer and Constance land near the caverns. Constance disappears and Ringer battles the Silencer priest, whose 12 System power is faster and stronger. At that point, Zombie also arrives at the caves, still looking for Ringer and Teacup. He falls into a large pit full of dead bodies and starts to sink, when Constance pulls him out and shoots the priest dead.
Zombie, Ringer and Constance head into Urbana to reunite with Dumbo. Zombie is suspicious of Constance, but Ringer vouches for her, knowing that if she doesn't Constance will kill her friends. They return to Dumbo's hiding place, but Ringer notes that he has lost too much blood. Dumbo dies, and Zombie marks his grave with colored flags.
The three of them return to the safe house where Evan, Cassie, Nugget and Megan (a young child they previously rescued) are waiting. When the trio arrive, Constance grabs Nugget and puts a gun to his head, demanding that Evan be given to her so she can bring him back to Vosch. Nugget, using a gun hidden in his pants, shoots Constance. Her enhancements help her survive, so Ringer and Nugget shoot her repeatedly to finish her off. Ringer tells them that Vosch will see that Constance's implant is offline and send a helicopter and a squad of 5th Wave troops to capture Evan and kill everyone else. Evan volunteers to return to Vosch in order to save everyone else.
As the chopper approaches, everyone hides in the basement of the safe house. Ringer and Evan kill many of the attacking soldiers, revealed to be Ringer's original squad before she was transferred to Squad 53. Evan is captured and taken away in the helicopter. Ringer devises a plan for those in the safe house to attack the soldiers that will come to bring back the survivors from the first chopper. During this planning and waiting, Ringer tells Zombie that she is pregnant with Razor's baby - a 5th Wave soldier who helped Ringer escape from Vosch at the end of the previous book. When the next chopper arrives, they kill all the soldiers, capture the helicopter pilot, Major Bob, and leave a wounded Zombie behind to take Nugget and Megan to the caves. Ringer