So when he sees the flying saucer, he's sure his years of escapism have finally tipped over into madness. 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.
mixes Star Wars, The Last Starfighter, Independence Day, and a really gnarly round of Space Invaders."- USA Today - "A thrilling coming of age story."- Entertainment Weekly Zack Lightman has never much cared for reality. familiar?īook Synopsis NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A rollicking alien invasion thriller that embraces and subverts science-fiction conventions, from the author of the worldwide phenomenon Ready Player One Yet even as he and his new comrades scramble to prepare for the alien onslaught, Zack can't help thinking of all the science-fiction books, TV shows, and movies he grew up reading and watching, and wonder: Doesn't something about this scenario seem a little too. And his skills-as well as those of millions of gamers across the world-are going to be needed to save the earth from what's about to befall it. Because the UFO he's staring at is straight out of the videogame he plays every night, a hugely popular online flight simulator called Armada-in which gamers just happen to be protecting the earth from alien invaders. Then he glances out his classroom window and spots the flying saucer. He's daydreaming through another boring math class, with just one more month to go until graduation and freedom-if he can make it that long without getting suspended again.
About the Book It's just another day of high school for Zack Lightman.
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