WHEN THE GAME IS OVER, THE FIGHT BEGINS. The brand new novel from the internationally bestselling author of Ready Player One. Zack Lightman is a dreamer. He fills his days with wishful thoughts of life on other planets and spends hours playing video games, neither of which have helped him make friends, nor find a girlfriend. His refuge from the daily disappointments of life is Armada - an online space-fighter simulator based on defending Earth from an alien invasion. It's when he's playing that he feels closest to his father, a champion gamer, who died when Zack was a baby. He rises up the ranks, until there's only one other player who can challenge his worldwide supremacy. As he closes in on his ultimate enemy, the game suspiciously shuts down, leading Zack to investigate the many urban legends and myths that surround Armada. What he finds will take him beyond his wildest dreams. The game was just the beginninga