{"product_id":"armada-9780804137270","title":"Armada","description":"\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo when he sees the flying saucer, he's sure his years of escapism have finally tipped over into madness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEspecially because the alien ship he's staring at is straight out of his favorite videogame, a flight simulator callled \u003ci\u003eArmada--\u003c\/i\u003ein which gamers just happen to be protecting Earth from alien invaders. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cline, Ernest\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ballantine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804137270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 1.10d","brand":"Ernest Cline","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39457978974283,"sku":"9780804137270","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_878c4236-da32-4eff-9537-71000c766980.jpg?v=1628001774","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/armada-9780804137270","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}