But there’s still another wave to come, and it’s bound to be lethal. The first wave saw an EMP wave take out all electronics and technology, the second saw massive tsunamis around the world take out every coastline, the third saw an infection kill off most of the remaining survivors, and the fourth saw “the people in charge” turn their guns onto those left. Blakeson, The 5th Wave centres on 16-year-old Cassie Sullivan ( Chloë Grace Moretz), and is premised during an alien invasion after an unknown species have executed four waves of increasingly deadly attacks, leaving most of Earth decimated. We wept secretly for our smartphones, our cars, our microwave ovens, and the Internet.”īased on Rick Yancey‘s 2013 young adult dystopia of the same name and directed by J. “We told the stories of our lives before the Arrival.
