So when he sees the flying saucer, he's sure his years of escapism have finally tipped over into madness.Įspecially because the alien ship he's staring at is straight out of his favorite videogame, a flight simulator callled Armada-in which gamers just happen to be protecting Earth from alien invaders.Īs impossible as it seems, what Zack's seeing is all too real. And too often, he catches himself wishing that some fantastic, impossible, world-altering event could arrive to whisk him off on a grand spacefaring adventure. He vastly prefers the countless science-fiction movies, books, and videogames he's spent his life consuming. Zack Lightman has never much cared for reality. fans of Ready Player One*, it is time to rejoice.From the author of Ready Player One, a rollicking alien invasion thriller that embraces and subverts science-fiction conventions as only Ernest Cline can. “Mixes Star Wars, The Last Starfighter, Independence Day and a really gnarly round of Space Invaders into a tasty sci-fi stew.” - USA Today “An amazing novel proves Cline has the ability to blend popular culture with exciting stories that appeal to everyone.” - Associated Press another science fiction tale with a Comic-Con's worth of pop-culture shout-outs.” - * Rolling Stone

“A thrilling coming-of-age story.” - *Entertainment Weekly* fiction?Īt once reinventing and paying homage to science-fiction classics, Armada is a rollicking, surprising thriller, a coming-of-age adventure, and an alien invasion tale like nothing you've ever read before. And it's just the first in a blur of revlations that will force him to question everything he thought he knew about Earth's history, its future, even his own life-and to play the hero for real, with humanity's life in the balance.īut even through the terror and exhilaration, he can't help thinking: Doesn't something about this scenario feel a little bit like. So when he sees the flying saucer, he's sure his years of escapism have finally tipped over into madness.Įspecially because the alien ship he's staring at is straight out of his favorite videogame, a flight simulator callled Armada- in which gamers just happen to be protecting Earth from alien invaders.Īs impossible as it seems, what Zack's seeing is all too real.

From the author of Ready Player One, a rollicking alien invasion thriller that embraces and subverts science-fiction conventions as only Ernest Cline can.

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