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. “A thrilling coming of age story.” - Entertainment Weekly.A rollicking alien invasion thriller that embraces and subverts science-fiction conventions, from the author of the worldwide phenomenon Ready Player OneĮxciting… mixes Star Wars, The Last Starfighter, Independence Day, and a really gnarly round of Space Invaders.
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