The Last Star

Yancey, Rick. The Last Star. Book 3 of the 5th Wave trilogy. 2016. 338p. ISBN 9780399162435. Available at FIC YAN on the library shelves.

The Last Star picks up where The Infinite Sea left off. Captured by Vosch, Ringer was enhanced with the 12th system. She escapes from the base and runs in the wilderness for a while, until she realizes Vosch has another plan for her. Cassie, Zombie, Dumbo, Sam, Megan and Evan are holed up in the local silencer’s house after they dispatched her. The house is filled with supplies, but when Ringer left to save Teacup the deal was if she wasn’t able to return they would escape to the caves.

As Vosch moves his forces of 4th Wave humans throughout the countryside, the small group of humans reluctantly led by Cassie try to stay one step ahead. Vosch is after Evan, for his training obviously malfunctioned and he fell in love with Cassie. Ringer is the key to this plan. She will head to the caves where they were supposed to rendez-vous. Accompanied by another silencer, they will work together to kill the resident silencer, an old priest, then set an ambush for Evan.

Ben Parrish wants to find Ringer so he and Dumbo leave Sam, Cassie, Evan and Megan behind. They head to the caves, but another encounter with a silencer costs Dumbo his life. Ben and Ringer are reunited and they return to their home with the other silencer, only to once again live through a face off. Evan is captured by Vosch, but Cassie and her crew manage to escape

As Vosch’s pieces move on the chessboard and as the 5th Wave of bombings that will devastate the planet is in a mere day, Cassie, Ringer, and Ben all need to rescue Evan from Vosch’s clutches, but for different reasons. And sometimes, the hardest part of a relationship is letting go. The climatic ending to this trilogy will be sure to leave the reader breathless.