{"product_id":"armada","title":"Armada: A Novel by the Author of Ready Player One","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - A rollicking alien invasion thriller that embraces and subverts science-fiction conventions, from the author of the worldwide phenomenon \u003ci\u003eReady Player One \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Exciting . . . mixes \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Starfighter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIndependence Day, \u003c\/i\u003e and a really gnarly round of \u003ci\u003eSpace Invaders\u003c\/i\u003e.\"--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today \u003c\/i\u003e- \"A thrilling coming of age story.\"--\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZack 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo when he sees the flying saucer, he's sure his years of escapism have finally tipped over into madness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEspecially because the alien ship he's staring at is straight out of his favorite videogame, a flight simulator called \u003ci\u003eArmada--\u003c\/i\u003ein which gamers just happen to be protecting Earth from alien invaders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs impossible as it seems, what Zack's seeing is all too real. And it's just the first in a blur of revelations 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut even through the terror and exhilaration, he can't help thinking: Doesn't something about this scenario feel a little bit like . . . well . . . fiction?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt once reinventing and paying homage to science-fiction classics, \u003ci\u003e Armada\u003c\/i\u003e is a rollicking, surprising thriller, a coming-of-age adventure, and an alien invasion tale like nothing you've ever read before.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53222487949680,"sku":"9780804137270","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0954\/1304\/3568\/files\/imageloader_d5da3c59-e0f4-4a9a-b40d-0486d2e4ca46.jpg?v=1753504936","url":"https:\/\/aveson.store\/products\/armada","provider":"Aveson","version":"1.0","type":"link"}