
When they are shot at, by whom they discover to be their drill sergeant, Ben finally believes Ringer and the two of them begin convincing the other youths of the conspiracy. On this excursion, a girl named Ringer begins trying to convince him that the soldiers and Colonel Vosch have been lying to them. When his training ends, he is sent on a mission with some other youths from the camp.

While Cassie is receiving treatment for her wounds, a boy named Ben, who happened to attend the same high school as Cassie before Colonel Vosch is training the invasion at Camp Haven. In time, Cassie grows suspicious of Evan, believing that he is a Silencer, and perhaps even the Silencer, who shot her in the leg. While she is living in the forest, Cassie becomes sick from the wound and nearly dies, but is saved by a farm boy named Evan. Because of their disguise, Cassie has two rules during the 4th wave Trust no one, and stay alone if you want to stay alive.Īfter, Cassie’s father was killed, while she narrowly escaped with a shot in the leg. At the time we meet Cassie, the world is experiencing the 4th wave of the alien invasion which involves the aliens who appear to be human befriending the remaining humans to eliminate them. Her younger brother, Sammy, has been taken to Camp Haven, which is supposedly a military training camp. This alien has been impersonating a high-ranking member of the military.

Cassie is alone, as her father has been shot by The Silencers who are commanded by Colonel Vosch, the leader of The Others. The novel The 5th Wave introduces us to Cassie, who is hiding in the woods near Cincinnati, Ohio. The invasion of The Others has decimated the human population with The Waves, a series of attacks meant to impact the humans as much as possible. The 5th Wave, the first novel in the fifth Wave trilogy by Rick Yancey, follows the life of sixteen-year-old Cassie Sullivan as she struggles to survive in a world being overtaken by “The Others” – aliens who take on the appearance of humans.
