Armada

　　科幻經典《一級玩家》（Ready Player One）作者最新力作，一場力抗炎炎夏日的電玩星戰狂想曲！

　　一輩子都在做白日夢的柴克，總是幻想真實世界能像科幻小說一樣，在某一天突然發生點什麼，改變他一成不變的單調生活。嘿，這樣一點點逃離現實的想法，沒什麼錯吧？畢竟柴克總是告訴自己，他知道夢想與現實之間的差異，他也曉得在現實世界中，漫無目標的阿宅不可能成為拯救世界的英雄。

　　但，他看到了飛碟！

　　儘管只是當紅線上遊戲Armada的生手玩家，柴克還是發現他每晚盯著的電玩遊戲畫面中，有一艘奇怪的外星飛船，而這款遊戲正好就是對抗外星人入侵地球的生存保衛戰。

　　不，柴克沒瘋。雖然很不真實，但柴克看到的一切都是真的。帶著點緊張、興奮，柴克想，這是他能成為世界英雄的唯一機會了！但等等，這樣的場景，跟柴克從小看到大的科幻小說劇情，是不是有點相似？

　　結合歡笑、驚悚、令人意想不到結局的冒險橋段，再結合恩斯特．克萊恩（Ernest Cline）兼具自然與顛覆傳統科幻寫作的手法，讓《Armada》的每一頁文字都像恩斯特上一本暢銷作品《一級玩家》一樣，撞擊出流行文化與科幻小說的最佳激盪！（文/博客來編譯）

　　Zack Lightman is daydreaming through another dull math class when the high-tech dropship lands in his school's courtyard-and when the men in the dark suits and sunglasses leap out of the ship and start calling his name, he's sure he's still dreaming.

　　But the dream is all too real; the people of Earth need him. As Zack soon discovers, the videogame he's been playing obsessively for years isn't just a game; it's part of a massive, top-secret government training program, designed to teach gamers the skills they'll need to defend Earth from a possible alien invasion. And now…that invasion is coming.

　　As he and his companions prepare to enter their ships and do battle, Zack learns that the father he thought was dead is actually a key player in this secret war. And together with his father, he'll uncover the truth about the alien threat, race to prevent a genocide, and discover a mysterious third player in the interplanetary chess game he's been thrown into

作者簡介

　　ERNEST CLINE has worked as a short-order cook, fish gutter, plasma donor, elitist video store clerk, and tech support drone. His primary occupation, however, has always been geeking out, and he eventually threw aside those other promising career paths to express his love of pop culture fulltime as a spoken word artist and screenwriter. His 2009 film Fanboys, much to his surprise, became a cult phenomenon. These days Ernie lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, their daughter, and a large collection of classic video games. READY PLAYER ONE is his first novel.