And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. Critics have compared the book favorably to The Hunger Games and The Road, and noted that it 'should do for aliens what Twilight did for vampires.' Sony Pictures plan a film adaptation scheduled for a January 2016 release.Īfter the 1st wave, only darkness remains. The 5th Wave is a 2013 young adult science fiction novel by Rick Yancey, the first installment in a trilogy.
