


At this, Zach worries he will be forcibly removed from the program. During the battle, Zach disobeys explicit orders, causing the destruction of numerous precious drones. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A rollicking alien invasion thriller that embraces and subverts science-fiction. Suddenly, the base is attacked without warning and the new recruits must immediately take to battle stations to defend the base. Buy a cheap copy of Armada book by Ernest Cline. Apparently, the government has known about an upcoming three-tiered attack from the aliens for forty years. There, Zach learns that Armada is, in fact, a simulation created by the government to train drone pilots against an imminent attack from aliens hailing from Europa, one of the moons orbiting Jupiter.Īt the base in Nebraska, Zach is escorted into a briefing room where he sits next to a woman with tattoos named Lex. And who steps out but Ray himself, who recruits Zach to fly with him to a top-secret base in Nebraska. Still curious about the UFO he sees and uncertain about whether he’s losing his mind, Zach learns that it isn’t a hallucination when a huge spaceship resembling the ones piloted by the Earth government in Armada lands on the lawn of his school.
