# Armada - Hardcover

by **Ernest Cline** (Author)

**_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_**  
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"Exciting . . . 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. 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.

So when he sees the flying saucer, he's sure his years of escapism have finally tipped over into madness.

Especially 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.

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.

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?

At 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.

### Author Biography

**Ernest Cline** is a #1 _New York Times_ bestselling novelist, screenwriter, father, and full-time geek. He is the author of the novels _Ready Player One_ and _Armada_ and co-screenwriter of the film adaptation of _Ready Player One_, directed by Steven Spielberg. His books have been published in over fifty countries and have spent more than 100 weeks on _The New York Times_ bestsellers list. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his family, a time-traveling DeLorean, and a large collection of classic video games.

**Number of Pages:** 368

**Dimensions:** 1.3 x 9.2 x 6.4 IN

**Publication Date:** July 14, 2015

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Armada

**Interest Level:** Upper Grades, 9-12

**Reading Level:** 7.3

**Point Value:** 19

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