ARMADA: A NOVEL

u003cbu003eu003ciu003eNEW YORK TIMES u003c/iu003eBESTSELLER * A rollicking alien invasion thriller that embraces and subverts science-fiction conventions, from the author of the worldwide phenomenon u003ciu003eReady Player One u003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbu003eu003cbru003e "Exciting . . . mixes u003ciu003eStar Warsu003c/iu003e, u003ciu003eThe Last Starfighteru003c/iu003e, u003ciu003eIndependence Day,u003c/iu003e and a really gnarly round of u003ciu003eSpace Invadersu003c/iu003e."--u003ciu003eUSA Today u003c/iu003e* "A thrilling coming of age story."--u003ciu003eEntertainment Weeklyu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e Zack Lightman has never much cared for reality. He vastly prefers the countless science-fiction movies, books, and videogames he's spent his life consuming. 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. u003cbru003e u003cbru003e So when he sees the flying saucer, he's sure his years of escapism have finally tipped over into madness. u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Especially because the alien ship he's staring at is straight out of his favorite videogame, a flight simulator callled u003ciu003eArmada--u003c/iu003ein which gamers just happen to be protecting Earth from alien invaders. u003cbru003e u003cbru003e As impossible as it seems, what Zack's seeing is all too real. 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. u003cbru003e u003cbru003e But even through the terror and exhilaration, he can't help thinking: Doesn't something about this scenario feel a little bit like . . . well . . . fiction? u003cbru003e u003cbru003e At once reinventing and paying homage to science-fiction classics,u003ciu003e Armadau003c/iu003e is a rollicking, surprising thriller, a coming-of-age adventure, and an alien invasion tale like nothing you've ever read before.